XmlSchemaSequence Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Schema

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlSchemaSequence.cs

Represents the sequence element (compositor) from the XML Schema as specified by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The sequence requires the elements in the group to appear in the specified sequence within the containing element.

public ref class XmlSchemaSequence : System::Xml::Schema::XmlSchemaGroupBase

public class XmlSchemaSequence : System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaGroupBase

type XmlSchemaSequence = class
    inherit XmlSchemaGroupBase

Public Class XmlSchemaSequence
Inherits XmlSchemaGroupBase

Inheritance

Object

XmlSchemaObject

XmlSchemaAnnotated

XmlSchemaParticle

XmlSchemaGroupBase

XmlSchemaSequence

Examples

The following example shows the XmlSchemaSequence class.

#using <mscorlib.dll>
#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Xml;
using namespace System::Xml::Schema;

class XmlSchemaExamples
{
public:

    static void Main()
    {
        XmlSchema^ schema = gcnew XmlSchema();

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

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

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

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

        // <xs:group name="myGroupOfThings">
        XmlSchemaGroup^ myGroupOfThings = gcnew XmlSchemaGroup();
        schema->Items->Add(myGroupOfThings);
        myGroupOfThings->Name = "myGroupOfThings";

        // <xs:sequence>
        XmlSchemaSequence^ sequence = gcnew XmlSchemaSequence();
        myGroupOfThings->Particle = sequence;

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

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

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

        // <xs:complexType name="myComplexType">
        XmlSchemaComplexType^ myComplexType = gcnew XmlSchemaComplexType();
        schema->Items->Add(myComplexType);
        myComplexType->Name = "myComplexType";

        // <xs:group ref="myGroupOfThings"/>
        XmlSchemaGroupRef^ myGroupOfThingsRef = gcnew XmlSchemaGroupRef();
        myComplexType->Particle = myGroupOfThingsRef;
        myGroupOfThingsRef->RefName = gcnew XmlQualifiedName("myGroupOfThings");

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

        XmlSchemaSet^ schemaSet = gcnew XmlSchemaSet();
        schemaSet->ValidationEventHandler += gcnew ValidationEventHandler(ValidationCallbackOne);
        schemaSet->Add(schema);
        schemaSet->Compile();

        XmlSchema^ compiledSchema;

        for each (XmlSchema^ schema1 in schemaSet->Schemas())
        {
            compiledSchema = schema1;
        }

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

    static void ValidationCallbackOne(Object^ sender, ValidationEventArgs^ args)
    {
        Console::WriteLine(args->Message);
    }
};

int main()
{
    XmlSchemaExamples::Main();
    return 0;
};

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);
    }
}

Option Explicit On
Option Strict On

Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.Schema

Class XMLSchemaExamples

    Public Shared Sub Main()

        Dim schema As New XmlSchema()

        ' <xs:element name="thing1" type="xs:string"/>
        Dim elementThing1 As 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"/>
        Dim elementThing2 As 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"/>
        Dim elementThing3 As 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"/>
        Dim myAttribute As New XmlSchemaAttribute()
        schema.Items.Add(myAttribute)
        myAttribute.Name = "myAttribute"
        myAttribute.SchemaTypeName = New XmlQualifiedName("decimal", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")

        ' <xs:group name="myGroupOfThings">
        Dim myGroupOfThings As New XmlSchemaGroup()
        schema.Items.Add(myGroupOfThings)
        myGroupOfThings.Name = "myGroupOfThings"

        ' <xs:sequence>
        Dim sequence As New XmlSchemaSequence()
        myGroupOfThings.Particle = sequence

        ' <xs:element ref="thing1"/>
        Dim elementThing1Ref As New XmlSchemaElement()
        sequence.Items.Add(elementThing1Ref)
        elementThing1Ref.RefName = New XmlQualifiedName("thing1")

        ' <xs:element ref="thing2"/>
        Dim elementThing2Ref As New XmlSchemaElement()
        sequence.Items.Add(elementThing2Ref)
        elementThing2Ref.RefName = New XmlQualifiedName("thing2")

        ' <xs:element ref="thing3"/>
        Dim elementThing3Ref As New XmlSchemaElement()
        sequence.Items.Add(elementThing3Ref)
        elementThing3Ref.RefName = New XmlQualifiedName("thing3")

        ' <xs:complexType name="myComplexType">
        Dim myComplexType As New XmlSchemaComplexType()
        schema.Items.Add(myComplexType)
        myComplexType.Name = "myComplexType"

        ' <xs:group ref="myGroupOfThings"/>
        Dim myGroupOfThingsRef As New XmlSchemaGroupRef()
        myComplexType.Particle = myGroupOfThingsRef
        myGroupOfThingsRef.RefName = New XmlQualifiedName("myGroupOfThings")

        ' <xs:attribute ref="myAttribute"/>
        Dim myAttributeRef As New XmlSchemaAttribute()
        myComplexType.Attributes.Add(myAttributeRef)
        myAttributeRef.RefName = New XmlQualifiedName("myAttribute")

        Dim schemaSet As New XmlSchemaSet()
        AddHandler schemaSet.ValidationEventHandler, AddressOf ValidationCallbackOne

        schemaSet.Add(schema)
        schemaSet.Compile()

        Dim compiledSchema As XmlSchema = Nothing

        For Each schema1 As XmlSchema In schemaSet.Schemas()
            compiledSchema = schema1
        Next

        Dim nsmgr As New XmlNamespaceManager(New NameTable())
        nsmgr.AddNamespace("xs", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")
        compiledSchema.Write(Console.Out, nsmgr)
    End Sub


    Public Shared Sub ValidationCallbackOne(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As ValidationEventArgs)
        Console.WriteLine(args.Message)
    End Sub
End Class

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

<?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

XmlSchemaSequence()

Initializes a new instance of the XmlSchemaSequence class.

Properties

Annotation	Gets or sets the annotation property. (Inherited from XmlSchemaAnnotated)
Id	Gets or sets the string id. (Inherited from XmlSchemaAnnotated)
Items	The elements contained within the compositor. Collection of XmlSchemaElement, XmlSchemaGroupRef, XmlSchemaChoice, XmlSchemaSequence, or XmlSchemaAny.
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)
MaxOccurs	Gets or sets the maximum number of times the particle can occur. (Inherited from XmlSchemaParticle)
MaxOccursString	Gets or sets the number as a string value. Maximum number of times the particle can occur. (Inherited from XmlSchemaParticle)
MinOccurs	Gets or sets the minimum number of times the particle can occur. (Inherited from XmlSchemaParticle)
MinOccursString	Gets or sets the number as a string value. The minimum number of times the particle can occur. (Inherited from XmlSchemaParticle)
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)
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)