XmlSchemaGroup Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Schema

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlSchemaGroup.cs

Represents the group element from XML Schema as specified by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). This class defines groups at the schema level that are referenced from the complex types. It groups a set of element declarations so that they can be incorporated as a group into complex type definitions.

C#

public class XmlSchemaGroup : System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaAnnotated

Inheritance

Object

XmlSchemaObject

XmlSchemaAnnotated

XmlSchemaGroup

Examples

The following example shows the use of the XmlSchemaGroup class.

C#

using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Schema;

class XMLSchemaExamples
{
    public static void Main()
    {

        XmlSchema schema = new XmlSchema();

        // <xs:element name="thing1" type="xs:string"/>
        XmlSchemaElement elementThing1 = new XmlSchemaElement();
        schema.Items.Add(elementThing1);
        elementThing1.Name = "thing1";
        elementThing1.SchemaTypeName = new XmlQualifiedName("string", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");

        // <xs:element name="thing2" type="xs:string"/>
        XmlSchemaElement elementThing2 = new XmlSchemaElement();
        schema.Items.Add(elementThing2);
        elementThing2.Name = "thing2";
        elementThing2.SchemaTypeName = new XmlQualifiedName("string", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");

        // <xs:element name="thing3" type="xs:string"/>
        XmlSchemaElement elementThing3 = new XmlSchemaElement();
        schema.Items.Add(elementThing3);
        elementThing3.Name = "thing3";
        elementThing3.SchemaTypeName = new XmlQualifiedName("string", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");

        // <xs:attribute name="myAttribute" type="xs:decimal"/>
        XmlSchemaAttribute myAttribute = new XmlSchemaAttribute();
        schema.Items.Add(myAttribute);
        myAttribute.Name = "myAttribute";
        myAttribute.SchemaTypeName = new XmlQualifiedName("decimal", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");

        // <xs:group name="myGroupOfThings">
        XmlSchemaGroup myGroupOfThings = new XmlSchemaGroup();
        schema.Items.Add(myGroupOfThings);
        myGroupOfThings.Name = "myGroupOfThings";

        // <xs:sequence>
        XmlSchemaSequence sequence = new XmlSchemaSequence();
        myGroupOfThings.Particle = sequence;

        // <xs:element ref="thing1"/>
        XmlSchemaElement elementThing1Ref = new XmlSchemaElement();
        sequence.Items.Add(elementThing1Ref);
        elementThing1Ref.RefName = new XmlQualifiedName("thing1");

        // <xs:element ref="thing2"/>
        XmlSchemaElement elementThing2Ref = new XmlSchemaElement();
        sequence.Items.Add(elementThing2Ref);
        elementThing2Ref.RefName = new XmlQualifiedName("thing2");

        // <xs:element ref="thing3"/>
        XmlSchemaElement elementThing3Ref = new XmlSchemaElement();
        sequence.Items.Add(elementThing3Ref);
        elementThing3Ref.RefName = new XmlQualifiedName("thing3");

        // <xs:complexType name="myComplexType">
        XmlSchemaComplexType myComplexType = new XmlSchemaComplexType();
        schema.Items.Add(myComplexType);
        myComplexType.Name = "myComplexType";

        // <xs:group ref="myGroupOfThings"/>
        XmlSchemaGroupRef myGroupOfThingsRef = new XmlSchemaGroupRef();
        myComplexType.Particle = myGroupOfThingsRef;
        myGroupOfThingsRef.RefName = new XmlQualifiedName("myGroupOfThings");

        // <xs:attribute ref="myAttribute"/>
        XmlSchemaAttribute myAttributeRef = new XmlSchemaAttribute();
        myComplexType.Attributes.Add(myAttributeRef);
        myAttributeRef.RefName = new XmlQualifiedName("myAttribute");

        XmlSchemaSet schemaSet = new XmlSchemaSet();
        schemaSet.ValidationEventHandler += new ValidationEventHandler(ValidationCallbackOne);
        schemaSet.Add(schema);
        schemaSet.Compile();

        XmlSchema compiledSchema = null;

        foreach (XmlSchema schema1 in schemaSet.Schemas())
        {
            compiledSchema = schema1;
        }

        XmlNamespaceManager nsmgr = new XmlNamespaceManager(new NameTable());
        nsmgr.AddNamespace("xs", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
        compiledSchema.Write(Console.Out, nsmgr);
    }

    public static void ValidationCallbackOne(object sender, ValidationEventArgs args)
    {

        Console.WriteLine(args.Message);
    }
}

The following XML file is generated for the preceding code example.

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="IBM437"?>
<xs:schema  xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <xs:element name="thing1" type="xs:string"/>
    <xs:element name="thing2" type="xs:string"/>
    <xs:element name="thing3" type="xs:string"/>

    <xs:attribute name="myAttribute" type="xs:decimal"/>

    <xs:group name="myGroupOfThings">
     <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element ref="thing1"/>
      <xs:element ref="thing2"/>
      <xs:element ref="thing3"/>
     </xs:sequence>
    </xs:group>

    <xs:complexType name="myComplexType">
        <xs:group ref="myGroupOfThings"/>
        <xs:attribute ref="myAttribute"/>
    </xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>

Constructors

XmlSchemaGroup()

Initializes a new instance of the XmlSchemaGroup class.

Properties

Annotation	Gets or sets the annotation property. (Inherited from XmlSchemaAnnotated)
Id	Gets or sets the string id. (Inherited from XmlSchemaAnnotated)
LineNumber	Gets or sets the line number in the file to which the schema element refers. (Inherited from XmlSchemaObject)
LinePosition	Gets or sets the line position in the file to which the schema element refers. (Inherited from XmlSchemaObject)
Name	Gets or sets the name of the schema group.
Namespaces	Gets or sets the XmlSerializerNamespaces to use with this schema object. (Inherited from XmlSchemaObject)
Parent	Gets or sets the parent of this XmlSchemaObject. (Inherited from XmlSchemaObject)
Particle	Gets or sets one of the XmlSchemaChoice, XmlSchemaAll, or XmlSchemaSequence classes.
QualifiedName	Gets the qualified name of the schema group.
SourceUri	Gets or sets the source location for the file that loaded the schema. (Inherited from XmlSchemaObject)
UnhandledAttributes	Gets or sets the qualified attributes that do not belong to the current schema's target namespace. (Inherited from XmlSchemaAnnotated)

Methods

Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)

Applies to