You can use xsd as suggested by Darin.
In addition to that it is recommended to edit the test.xsd-file to create a more reasonable schema.
type="xs:string"
can be changed to type="xs:int"
for integer values
minOccurs="0"
can be changed to minOccurs="1"
where the field is required
maxOccurs="unbounded"
can be changed to maxOccurs="1"
where only one item is allowed
You can create more advanced xsd-s if you want to validate your data further, but this will at least give you reasonable data types in the generated c#.
You should consider svcutil (svcutil question)
Both xsd.exe and svcutil operate on the XML schema file (.xsd). Your XML must conform to a schema file to be used by either of these two tools.
Note that various 3rd party tools also exist for this.
To convert XML into a C# Class:
Note: in the fullness of time, this app may be replaced, but chances are, there'll be another tool that does the same thing.
At first I thought the Paste Special was the holy grail! But then I tried it and my hair turned white just like the Indiana Jones movie.
But now I use http://xmltocsharp.azurewebsites.net/ and now I'm as young as ever.
Here's a segment of what it generated:
namespace Xml2CSharp
{
[XmlRoot(ElementName="entry")]
public class Entry {
[XmlElement(ElementName="hybrisEntryID")]
public string HybrisEntryID { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName="mapicsLineSequenceNumber")]
public string MapicsLineSequenceNumber { get; set; }
If you are working on .NET 4.5 project in VS 2012 (or newer), you can just Special Paste your XML file as classes.
EDIT > Paste Special > Paste XML As Classes
Use below syntax to create schema class from XSD file.
C:\xsd C:\Test\test-Schema.xsd /classes /language:cs /out:C:\Test\
I realise that this is a rather old post and you have probably moved on.
But I had the same problem as you so I decided to write my own program.
The problem with the "xml -> xsd -> classes" route for me was that it just generated a lump of code that was completely unmaintainable and I ended up turfing it.
It is in no way elegant but it did the job for me.
You can get it here: Please make suggestions if you like it.
Source: Stackoverflow.com