How to generate NET 4 0 classes from xsd

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What are the options to generate  NET 4 0 c  classes  entities  from an xsd file  using Visual Studio 2010

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If you want to generate the class with auto properties  convert the XSD to XML using this then convert the XML to JSON using this and copy to clipboard the result  Then in VS  inside the file where your class will be created  go to Edit gt Paste Special gt Paste JSON as classes

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xsd exe as mentioned by Marc Gravell  The fastest way to get up and running IMO   Or if you need more flexibility options    xsd2code VS add-in  Codeplex

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For a quick and lazy solution   and not using VS at all  try these online converters    xsd-to-xml-converter here xmltocsharp converter here      XSD    XML    C  classes   Example XSD    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  UTF-8    gt   lt xs schema xmlns xs  http   www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema  gt    lt xs element name  shiporder  gt     lt xs complexType gt       lt xs sequence gt         lt xs element name  orderperson  type  xs string   gt         lt xs element name  shipto  gt           lt xs complexType gt             lt xs sequence gt               lt xs element name  name  type  xs string   gt               lt xs element name  address  type  xs string   gt               lt xs element name  city  type  xs string   gt               lt xs element name  country  type  xs string   gt             lt  xs sequence gt           lt  xs complexType gt         lt  xs element gt         lt xs element name  item  maxOccurs  unbounded  gt           lt xs complexType gt             lt xs sequence gt               lt xs element name  title  type  xs string   gt               lt xs element name  note  type  xs string  minOccurs  0   gt               lt xs element name  quantity  type  xs positiveInteger   gt               lt xs element name  price  type  xs decimal   gt             lt  xs sequence gt           lt  xs complexType gt         lt  xs element gt       lt  xs sequence gt       lt xs attribute name  orderid  type  xs string  use  required   gt     lt  xs complexType gt   lt  xs element gt    lt  xs schema gt    Converts to XML    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt  -- Created with Liquid Technologies Online Tools 1 0  https   www liquid-technologies com  -- gt   lt shiporder xsi noNamespaceSchemaLocation  schema xsd  orderid  string  xmlns xsi  http   www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema-instance  gt     lt orderperson gt string lt  orderperson gt     lt shipto gt       lt name gt string lt  name gt       lt address gt string lt  address gt       lt city gt string lt  city gt       lt country gt string lt  country gt     lt  shipto gt     lt item gt       lt title gt string lt  title gt       lt note gt string lt  note gt       lt quantity gt 3229484693 lt  quantity gt       lt price gt -6894 465094196054907 lt  price gt     lt  item gt     lt item gt       lt title gt string lt  title gt       lt note gt string lt  note gt       lt quantity gt 2181272155 lt  quantity gt       lt price gt -2645 585094196054907 lt  price gt     lt  item gt     lt item gt       lt title gt string lt  title gt       lt note gt string lt  note gt       lt quantity gt 2485046602 lt  quantity gt       lt price gt 4023 034905803945093 lt  price gt     lt  item gt     lt item gt       lt title gt string lt  title gt       lt note gt string lt  note gt       lt quantity gt 1342091380 lt  quantity gt       lt price gt -810 825094196054907 lt  price gt     lt  item gt   lt  shiporder gt    Which converts to this class structure              Licensed under the Apache License  Version 2 0      http   www apache org licenses LICENSE-2 0        using System  using System Xml Serialization  using System Collections Generic  namespace Xml2CSharp        XmlRoot ElementName  shipto        public class Shipto            XmlElement ElementName  name            public string Name   get  set             XmlElement ElementName  address            public string Address   get  set             XmlElement ElementName  city            public string City   get  set             XmlElement ElementName  country            public string Country   get  set                XmlRoot ElementName  item        public class Item            XmlElement ElementName  title            public string Title   get  set             XmlElement ElementName  note            public string Note   get  set             XmlElement ElementName  quantity            public string Quantity   get  set             XmlElement ElementName  price            public string Price   get  set                XmlRoot ElementName  shiporder        public class Shiporder            XmlElement ElementName  orderperson            public string Orderperson   get  set             XmlElement ElementName  shipto            public Shipto Shipto   get  set             XmlElement ElementName  item            public List lt Item gt  Item   get  set             XmlAttribute AttributeName  noNamespaceSchemaLocation   Namespace  http   www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema-instance            public string NoNamespaceSchemaLocation   get  set             XmlAttribute AttributeName  orderid            public string Orderid   get  set             XmlAttribute AttributeName  xsi   Namespace  http   www w3 org 2000 xmlns             public string Xsi   get  set               Attention  Take in account that this is just to Get-You-Started  the results obviously need refinements

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I used xsd exe in the Windows command prompt   However  since my xml referenced several online xml s  in my case http   www w3 org 1999 xlink xsd which references http   www w3 org 2001 xml xsd  I had to also download those schematics  put them in the same directory as my xsd  and then list those files in the command       C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft SDKs Windows v8 1A bin NETFX 4 5 1 Tools xsd exe   classes  language CS your xsd xlink xsd xml xsd

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Marc Gravells answer was right for me but my xsd was with extension of  xml  When I used xsd program it gave   - The table  Amt  cannot be the child table to itself in nested relations   As per this KB325695 I renamed extension from  xml to  xsd and it worked fine

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xsd exe does not work well when you have circular references  ie a type can own an element of its own type directly or indirectly    When circular references exist  I use Xsd2Code   Xsd2Code handles circular references well and works within the VS IDE  which is a big plus   It also has a lot of features you can use like generating the serialization deserialization code   Make sure you turn on the GenerateXMLAttributes if you are generating serialization though  otherwise you ll get exceptions for ordering if not defined on all elements    Neither works well with the choice feature  you ll end up with lists collections of object instead of the type you want   I d recommend avoiding choice in your xsd if possible as this does not serialize deserialize well into a strongly typed class   If you don t care about this  though  then it s not a problem   The any feature in xsd2code deserializes as System Xml XmlElement which I find really convenient but may be an issue if you want strong typed objects   I often use any when allowing custom config data  so an XmlElement is convenient to pass to another XML deserializer that is custom defined elsewhere

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Along with WSDL  I had xsd files  The above did not work in my case gave error  It worked as follows  wsdl  l C   out D  FileName cs D  NameApi wsdl 1 1 RESAdapterService wsdl  D  CXTypes xsd D  CTypes xsd  D  Preferences xsd

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The command that worked in my case was   xsd  c your xsd

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simple enough  just run  at the vs command prompt   xsd your xsd  classes    which will create your cs   Note  however  that most of the intrinsic options here haven t changed much since 2 0  For the options  use xsd    or see MSDN  for example  enableDataBinding can be useful

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I show you here the easiest way using Vs2017 and Vs2019 Open your xsd with Visual Studio and generate a sample xml file as in the url suggested    Once you opened your xsd in design view as below  click on xml schema explorer    2   Within    XML Schema Explorer    scroll all the way down to find the root data node  Right click on root data node and it will show    Generate Sample XML     If it does not show  it means you are not on the data element node but you are on any of the data definition node      Copy your generated Xml into the clipboard Create a new empty class in your solution and delete the class definition  Only Namespace should remain While your mouse pointer focused inside your class  choose  EDIT-  Paste Special-  Paste Xml as Classes

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I use XSD in a batch script to generate  xsd file and classes from XML directly      set XmlFilename Your  Xml  Here set WorkingFolder Your  Xml  Path Here  set XmlExtension  xml set XsdExtension  xsd  set XSD  C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft SDKs Windows v8 1A bin NETFX 4 5 1 Tools xsd exe   set XmlFilePath  WorkingFolder  XmlFilename  XmlExtension  set XsdFilePath  WorkingFolder  XmlFilename  XsdExtension    XSD   XmlFilePath   out  WorkingFolder   XSD   XsdFilePath   c  out  WorkingFolder

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