I have an xml schema and csv data to generate corresponding xml files.
I found this, how to generate xml files from given CSV file. But with my schema, it's always the same mapping because of the element. So the last 5 columns are mapped according to the DataType column.
I could expand the code with case switch, and map every element accordingly in each case, but there should be a simpler way to do this. I am new to xml, need some help here.
P.S: I tried all the tools, commercial and free, that advertise mapping capabilities, and found nothing to do this. Also Excel does not work with a denormalized schema.
Any help appreciated, thanks
Update1: Tools: C# command line code should be the easiest.
Update2: Objective is to generate xml with the specified schema, using data from the given csv file.
CSV data
EntityName,FieldName,SQLType,DataType,Nullable,Caption,ColumnIndex,MinStringLength,MaxStringLength,D_Precision,D_Scale
SOChemistryRequirement,CE_Min,"decimal(7, 5)",Decimal,TRUE,CE_Min,82,,,7,5
SOChemistryRequirement,CE_Max,"decimal(7, 5)",Decimal,TRUE,CE_Max,83,,,7,5
SOTestRequirement,Weldability,bit,bool,FALSE,Weldability,107,,,,
SONumber,SONumber,varchar(6),string,FALSE,SONumber,0,,6,,
schema definition:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xs:schema id="DataTypes" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<!-- No empty string data type. -->
<xs:simpleType name="NoEmptyString">
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:minLength value="1" />
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
<!-- Root element. -->
<xs:element name="ExcelFile">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="SheetName" type="NoEmptyString" />
<xs:element name="CellRange" type="NoEmptyString" />
<!-- Definition of columns. -->
<xs:element name="Columns">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence maxOccurs="unbounded">
<!-- Information about one column. -->
<xs:element name="Column">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<!-- Column index in excel file. -->
<xs:element name="ColumnIndex" type="xs:unsignedByte" />
<!-- Caption for current column in grid in importing screen. -->
<xs:element name="Caption" type="xs:string" />
<!-- Data type of current column. -->
<xs:element name="DataType">
<xs:complexType>
<!-- It can be only one from following: -->
<xs:choice>
<xs:element name="Boolean"/>
<xs:element name="Int16">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="MinValue" type="xs:short" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="MaxValue" type="xs:short" minOccurs="0" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Int32">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="MinValue" type="xs:int" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="MaxValue" type="xs:int" minOccurs="0" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Int64">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="MinValue" type="xs:long" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="MaxValue" type="xs:long" minOccurs="0" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Decimal">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="MinValue" type="xs:decimal" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="MaxValue" type="xs:decimal" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="Precision" type="xs:int" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="Scale" type="xs:int" minOccurs="0" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="DateTime"/>
<xs:element name="String">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="MinLength" type="xs:int" minOccurs="0" />
<xs:element name="MaxLength" type="xs:int" minOccurs="0" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Custom"/>
</xs:choice>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<!-- Can be NULL value? -->
<xs:element name="IsNullable" type="xs:boolean" />
<!-- Entity name. Cannot be NULL. -->
<xs:element name="EntityName" type="NoEmptyString" />
<!-- Field name. It can be NULL because of composite target field. -->
<xs:element name="FieldName" type="xs:string" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>