XmlSchemaUnique Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Schema

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Represents the unique element from XML Schema as specified by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). This class can be used to identify a unique constraint among a set of elements.

C#

public class XmlSchemaUnique : System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaIdentityConstraint

Inheritance

Object

XmlSchemaObject

XmlSchemaAnnotated

XmlSchemaIdentityConstraint

XmlSchemaUnique

Examples

The following example shows the use of the XmlSchemaUnique class.

C#

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

class XMLSchemaExamples
{
    public static void Main()
    {

        XmlSchema schema = new XmlSchema();

        // <xs:complexType name="customerOrderType">
        XmlSchemaComplexType customerOrderType = new XmlSchemaComplexType();
        customerOrderType.Name = "customerOrderType";

        // <xs:sequence>
        XmlSchemaSequence sequence1 = new XmlSchemaSequence();

        // <xs:element name="item" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
        XmlSchemaElement item = new XmlSchemaElement();
        item.MinOccurs = 0;
        item.MaxOccursString = "unbounded";
        item.Name = "item";

        // <xs:complexType>
        XmlSchemaComplexType ct1 = new XmlSchemaComplexType();

        // <xs:attribute name="itemID" type="xs:string"/>
        XmlSchemaAttribute itemID = new XmlSchemaAttribute();
        itemID.Name = "itemID";
        itemID.SchemaTypeName = new XmlQualifiedName("string", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");

        // </xs:complexType>
        ct1.Attributes.Add(itemID);

        // </xs:element>
        item.SchemaType = ct1;

        // </xs:sequence>
        sequence1.Items.Add(item);
        customerOrderType.Particle = sequence1;

        // <xs:attribute name="CustomerID" type="xs:string"/>
        XmlSchemaAttribute CustomerID = new XmlSchemaAttribute();
        CustomerID.Name = "CustomerID";
        CustomerID.SchemaTypeName = new XmlQualifiedName("string", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");

        customerOrderType.Attributes.Add(CustomerID);

        // </xs:complexType>
        schema.Items.Add(customerOrderType);

        // <xs:element name="ordersByCustomer">
        XmlSchemaElement ordersByCustomer = new XmlSchemaElement();
        ordersByCustomer.Name = "ordersByCustomer";

        // <xs:complexType>
        XmlSchemaComplexType ct2 = new XmlSchemaComplexType();

        // <xs:sequence>
        XmlSchemaSequence sequence2 = new XmlSchemaSequence();

        // <xs:element name="customerOrders" type="customerOrderType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
        XmlSchemaElement customerOrders = new XmlSchemaElement();
        customerOrders.MinOccurs = 0;
        customerOrders.MaxOccursString = "unbounded";
        customerOrders.Name = "customerOrders";
        customerOrders.SchemaTypeName = new XmlQualifiedName("customerOrderType", "");

        // </xs:sequence>
        sequence2.Items.Add(customerOrders);

        // </xs:complexType>
        ct2.Particle = sequence2;
        ordersByCustomer.SchemaType = ct2;

        // <xs:unique name="oneCustomerOrdersforEachCustomerID">
        XmlSchemaUnique element_unique = new XmlSchemaUnique();
        element_unique.Name = "oneCustomerOrdersforEachCustomerID";

        // <xs:selector xpath="customerOrders"/>
        element_unique.Selector = new XmlSchemaXPath();
        element_unique.Selector.XPath = "customerOrders";

        // <xs:field xpath="@customerID"/>
        XmlSchemaXPath field = new XmlSchemaXPath();
        field.XPath = "@customerID";

        // </xs:unique>
        element_unique.Fields.Add(field);
        ordersByCustomer.Constraints.Add(element_unique);

        // </xs:element>
        schema.Items.Add(ordersByCustomer);

        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 this code example.

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="IBM437"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <xs:complexType name="customerOrderType">
        <xs:sequence>
            <xs:element name="item" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                <xs:complexType>
                    <xs:attribute name="itemID" type="xs:string"/>
                </xs:complexType>
            </xs:element>
        </xs:sequence>
        <xs:attribute name="CustomerID" type="xs:string"/>
    </xs:complexType>

    <xs:element name="ordersByCustomer">
        <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
                <xs:element name="customerOrders" type="customerOrderType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
            </xs:sequence>
        </xs:complexType>
        <xs:unique name="oneCustomerOrdersforEachCustomerID">
            <xs:selector xpath="customerOrders"/>
            <xs:field xpath="@customerID"/>
        </xs:unique>
    </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

Remarks

Specifies that an attribute or element value (or a combination of attribute or element values) must be unique within the specified scope. The constraint name must be unique within a schema.

Constructors

XmlSchemaUnique()

Initializes a new instance of the XmlSchemaUnique class.

Properties

Annotation	Gets or sets the annotation property. (Inherited from XmlSchemaAnnotated)
Fields	Gets the collection of fields that apply as children for the XML Path Language (XPath) expression selector. (Inherited from XmlSchemaIdentityConstraint)
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 identity constraint. (Inherited from XmlSchemaIdentityConstraint)
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)
QualifiedName	Gets the qualified name of the identity constraint, which holds the post-compilation value of the QualifiedName property. (Inherited from XmlSchemaIdentityConstraint)
Selector	Gets or sets the XPath expression selector element. (Inherited from XmlSchemaIdentityConstraint)
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