Is there T4 templates available for generating c# classes from xsd?

Question

Is there T4 templates available for generating c# classes from xsd?

Answer 1

Not that I know of, but take a look at LINQ to XSD (http://linqtoxsd.codeplex.com/). You can use LinqToXsd.exe to generate strongly typed classes based on your schema. And then you have full LINQ support as well. Very handy.

You could also set up a pre-build event on your project that looks something like:

"$(ProjectDir)Lib/LinqToXsd/LinqToXsd.Exe" "$(ProjectDir)MySchema.xsd" /fileName:MySchema.cs

And that would generate the classes from the schema right before you build, so if you change your schema, your classes will stay in sync with each build.