ASP.NET Core XML model binding

Question

I'm trying to receive data in XML format in my controller action. However I'm not sure about how to create a model for the following XML data.

I want model binding to add all text tags to a list and do the same thing for card tags.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<XmlUpdatePortfolioContentRequest>
	<schema-version>string</schema-version>
	<portfolio>
		<text>Hello World!</text>

		<card>
			<place-id>0</place-id>
			<work-period begin="2024-11-22" end="2024-12-10" />
			<role>string</role>
		</card>

		<card>
			<place-id>0</place-id>
			<work-period begin="2024-11-22" end="2024-12-10" />
			<role>string</role>
		</card>

		<text centered="true" header="1">Hello World! 2</text>
	</portfolio>
</XmlUpdatePortfolioContentRequest>

Answer 1

Use Visual Studio to create the model. First, copy the XML then in Visual Studio click Edit -> Paste Special -> Paste XML as classes.

// NOTE: Generated code may require at least .NET Framework 4.5 or .NET Core/Standard 2.0.
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "", IsNullable = false)]
public partial class XmlUpdatePortfolioContentRequest
{

    private string schemaversionField;

    private XmlUpdatePortfolioContentRequestPortfolio portfolioField;

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("schema-version")]
    public string schemaversion
    {
        get
        {
            return this.schemaversionField;
        }
        set
        {
            this.schemaversionField = value;
        }
    }

    /// <remarks/>
    public XmlUpdatePortfolioContentRequestPortfolio portfolio
    {
        get
        {
            return this.portfolioField;
        }
        set
        {
            this.portfolioField = value;
        }
    }
}

/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class XmlUpdatePortfolioContentRequestPortfolio
{

    private object[] itemsField;

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("card", typeof(XmlUpdatePortfolioContentRequestPortfolioCard))]
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("text", typeof(XmlUpdatePortfolioContentRequestPortfolioText))]
    public object[] Items
    {
        get
        {
            return this.itemsField;
        }
        set
        {
            this.itemsField = value;
        }
    }
}

/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class XmlUpdatePortfolioContentRequestPortfolioCard
{

    private byte placeidField;

    private XmlUpdatePortfolioContentRequestPortfolioCardWorkperiod workperiodField;

    private string roleField;

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("place-id")]
    public byte placeid
    {
        get
        {
            return this.placeidField;
        }
        set
        {
            this.placeidField = value;
        }
    }

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("work-period")]
    public XmlUpdatePortfolioContentRequestPortfolioCardWorkperiod workperiod
    {
        get
        {
            return this.workperiodField;
        }
        set
        {
            this.workperiodField = value;
        }
    }

    /// <remarks/>
    public string role
    {
        get
        {
            return this.roleField;
        }
        set
        {
            this.roleField = value;
        }
    }
}

/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class XmlUpdatePortfolioContentRequestPortfolioCardWorkperiod
{

    private System.DateTime beginField;

    private System.DateTime endField;

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute(DataType = "date")]
    public System.DateTime begin
    {
        get
        {
            return this.beginField;
        }
        set
        {
            this.beginField = value;
        }
    }

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute(DataType = "date")]
    public System.DateTime end
    {
        get
        {
            return this.endField;
        }
        set
        {
            this.endField = value;
        }
    }
}

/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class XmlUpdatePortfolioContentRequestPortfolioText
{

    private bool centeredField;

    private bool centeredFieldSpecified;

    private byte headerField;

    private bool headerFieldSpecified;

    private string valueField;

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
    public bool centered
    {
        get
        {
            return this.centeredField;
        }
        set
        {
            this.centeredField = value;
        }
    }

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
    public bool centeredSpecified
    {
        get
        {
            return this.centeredFieldSpecified;
        }
        set
        {
            this.centeredFieldSpecified = value;
        }
    }

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
    public byte header
    {
        get
        {
            return this.headerField;
        }
        set
        {
            this.headerField = value;
        }
    }

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
    public bool headerSpecified
    {
        get
        {
            return this.headerFieldSpecified;
        }
        set
        {
            this.headerFieldSpecified = value;
        }
    }

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTextAttribute()]
    public string Value
    {
        get
        {
            return this.valueField;
        }
        set
        {
            this.valueField = value;
        }
    }
}