XmlSchemaProviderAttribute Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Serialization

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlSchemaProviderAttribute.cs

When applied to a type, stores the name of a static method of the type that returns an XML schema and a XmlQualifiedName (or XmlSchemaType for anonymous types) that controls the serialization of the type.

public ref class XmlSchemaProviderAttribute sealed : Attribute

[System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Class | System.AttributeTargets.Interface | System.AttributeTargets.Struct)]
public sealed class XmlSchemaProviderAttribute : Attribute

[<System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Class | System.AttributeTargets.Interface | System.AttributeTargets.Struct)>]
type XmlSchemaProviderAttribute = class
    inherit Attribute

Public NotInheritable Class XmlSchemaProviderAttribute
Inherits Attribute

Inheritance

Object

Attribute

XmlSchemaProviderAttribute

Attributes

AttributeUsageAttribute

Examples

The following example applies the XmlSchemaProviderAttribute to a server-side class. When invoked, the method named by the MethodName property creates the schema. This simple implementation reads an existing schema off the disk. However, you can also create a custom schema, if necessary, using the types found in the System.Xml.Schema namespace.

[XmlSchemaProvider("MySchema")]
public class SongStream : IXmlSerializable
{
    private const string ns = "http://demos.Contoso.com/webservices";
    private string filePath;

    public SongStream() { }

    public SongStream(string filePath)
    {
        this.filePath = filePath;
    }

    // This is the method named by the XmlSchemaProviderAttribute applied to the type.
    public static XmlQualifiedName MySchema(XmlSchemaSet xs)
    {
        // This method is called by the framework to get the schema for this type.
        // We return an existing schema from disk.

        XmlSerializer schemaSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(XmlSchema));
        string xsdPath = null;
        // NOTE: replace the string with your own path.
        xsdPath = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("SongStream.xsd");
        XmlSchema s = (XmlSchema)schemaSerializer.Deserialize(
            new XmlTextReader(xsdPath), null);
        xs.XmlResolver = new XmlUrlResolver();
        xs.Add(s);

        return new XmlQualifiedName("songStream", ns);
    }

    void IXmlSerializable.WriteXml(System.Xml.XmlWriter writer)
    {
        // This is the chunking code.
        // ASP.NET buffering must be turned off for this to work.

        int bufferSize = 4096;
        char[] songBytes = new char[bufferSize];
        FileStream inFile = File.Open(this.filePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);

        long length = inFile.Length;

        // Write the file name.
        writer.WriteElementString("fileName", ns, Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(this.filePath));

        // Write the size.
        writer.WriteElementString("size", ns, length.ToString());

        // Write the song bytes.
        writer.WriteStartElement("song", ns);

        StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(inFile, true);
        int readLen = sr.Read(songBytes, 0, bufferSize);

        while (readLen > 0)
        {
            writer.WriteStartElement("chunk", ns);
            writer.WriteChars(songBytes, 0, readLen);
            writer.WriteEndElement();

            writer.Flush();
            readLen = sr.Read(songBytes, 0, bufferSize);
        }

        writer.WriteEndElement();
        inFile.Close();
    }

    System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchema IXmlSerializable.GetSchema()
    {
        throw new System.NotImplementedException();
    }

    void IXmlSerializable.ReadXml(System.Xml.XmlReader reader)
    {
        throw new System.NotImplementedException();
    }
}

<XmlSchemaProvider("MySchema")>  _
Public Class SongStream
    Implements IXmlSerializable
    
    Private Const ns As String = "http://demos.Contoso.com/webservices"
    Private filePath As String
    
    Public Sub New() 
    
    End Sub
     
    Public Sub New(ByVal filePath As String) 
        Me.filePath = filePath
    End Sub
    
    
    ' This is the method named by the XmlSchemaProviderAttribute applied to the type.
    Public Shared Function MySchema(ByVal xs As XmlSchemaSet) As XmlQualifiedName 
        ' This method is called by the framework to get the schema for this type.
        ' We return an existing schema from disk.
        Dim schemaSerializer As New XmlSerializer(GetType(XmlSchema))
        Dim xsdPath As String = Nothing
        ' NOTE: replace SongStream.xsd with your own schema file.
        xsdPath = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("SongStream.xsd")
        Dim s As XmlSchema = CType(schemaSerializer.Deserialize(New XmlTextReader(xsdPath)), XmlSchema)
        xs.XmlResolver = New XmlUrlResolver()
        xs.Add(s)
        
        Return New XmlQualifiedName("songStream", ns)
    
    End Function
    
    
    
    Sub WriteXml(ByVal writer As System.Xml.XmlWriter)  Implements IXmlSerializable.WriteXml
        ' This is the chunking code.
        ' ASP.NET buffering must be turned off for this to work.
        
        Dim bufferSize As Integer = 4096
        Dim songBytes(bufferSize) As Char
        Dim inFile As FileStream = File.Open(Me.filePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
        
        Dim length As Long = inFile.Length
        
        ' Write the file name.
        writer.WriteElementString("fileName", ns, Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Me.filePath))
        
        ' Write the size.
        writer.WriteElementString("size", ns, length.ToString())
        
        ' Write the song bytes.
        writer.WriteStartElement("song", ns)
        
        Dim sr As New StreamReader(inFile, True)
        Dim readLen As Integer = sr.Read(songBytes, 0, bufferSize)
        
        While readLen > 0
            writer.WriteStartElement("chunk", ns)
            writer.WriteChars(songBytes, 0, readLen)
            writer.WriteEndElement()
            
            writer.Flush()
            readLen = sr.Read(songBytes, 0, bufferSize)
        End While
        
        writer.WriteEndElement()
        inFile.Close()
    End Sub 
        
    Function GetSchema() As System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchema  Implements IXmlSerializable.GetSchema
        Throw New System.NotImplementedException()
    End Function
    
    Sub ReadXml(ByVal reader As System.Xml.XmlReader)  Implements IXmlSerializable.ReadXml
        Throw New System.NotImplementedException()
    End Sub 
End Class

Remarks

The main purpose of the XmlSchemaProviderAttribute is to enable the XmlSchemaExporter class to return a schema when queried by the Web Services Description Language tool (WSDL.exe), or when using the Add Web Reference feature of Visual Studio. You can control the actual schema for the type in the static method.

Note

The target class of the attribute must implement the IXmlSerializable interface.

The MethodName property returns the name of a static method through reflection. The method, which must be implemented, must take a single parameter, an XmlSchemaSet object, which the method populates with an XmlSchema object. The method must also return an XmlQualifiedName object that identifies the data type.

Returning Anonymous Types

An anonymous complex type cannot be created using a method that returns XmlQualifiedName. Because an anonymous type has no name, and you cannot add an anonymous type to a schema, the anonymous type must be returned as an XmlSchemaType.

Constructors

XmlSchemaProviderAttribute(String)

Initializes a new instance of the XmlSchemaProviderAttribute class, taking the name of the static method that supplies the type's XML schema.

Properties

IsAny	Gets or sets a value that determines whether the target class is a wildcard, or that the schema for the class has contains only an xs:any element.
MethodName	Gets the name of the static method that supplies the type's XML schema and the name of its XML Schema data type.
TypeId	When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute. (Inherited from Attribute)

Methods

Equals(Object)	Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute)
GetHashCode()	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute)
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
IsDefaultAttribute()	When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class. (Inherited from Attribute)
Match(Object)	When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute)
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)

See also

• XmlSchema
• XmlSchemaSet
• XmlReflectionImporter