unique id to record xml

Question

how can I add to each node I add to xml a unique index value for example I have

    <events>
        <event><id>0</id>
</event>
        <event><id>1</id></event>
    </events>

I want to add another event "node" that the id will be 6

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i have created xsd an added to the id elment autoincrease =true but idont really know what to do next ? help

Answer 1

The easiest way to serialize an attribute with an object is to decorate the property with [XmlAttribute]. Here is a simple example of a class representing your <event> element:

[XmlType(TypeName="event")]
public class Event
{
    [XmlAttribute("id")]
    public int ID { get; set; }
}

You might get some mileage out of the Xsd.exe command line tool. In some cases, the tool can save you a lot of hand-decorating classes for serialization. It can be used in a two-step fashion to:

1. Generate a XSD validation schema for a sample XML file.
2. Generate serializable .NET classes based on the XSD schema.