Problem deserializing validated XML, can't convert to/from array

Question

I'm a bit out of my element. I've used xsd.exe to create an xsd schema from an xml file, and then to create a C# class from that xsd. That all seems to work fine.

At the moment I'm just trying to get the XML deserialized. The file I'm deserializing if the very same file I used to build the class originally. Here's my code:

String xsdPath=@"C:\Users\tol56881\Documents\dnd4e.xsd";
String xmlPath=@"C:\Users\tol56881\Documents\dnd4e.xml";
String xsdNamespace="";

//Validation stuff
XmlParserContext context = new XmlParserContext(null, null, "", XmlSpace.None);
XmlValidatingReader vr = new XmlValidatingReader(xmlPath, XmlNodeType.Element, context);
vr.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema;
vr.Schemas.Add(xsdNamespace, xsdPath);
while (vr.Read()) ;

//Actually reading the file
TextReader tr = new StreamReader(xmlPath);
D20Character character = (D20Character)(new XmlSerializer(typeof(D20Character))).Deserialize(tr);

It compile fine, but when I try to run it I get the an error that's repeated for four different objects. I've given an example below, changing the names of the objects.

Unable to generate a temporary class (result=1).
error CS0030: Cannot convert type 'Namespace.ObjectName[]' to 'Namespace.ObjectName'
error CS0029: Cannot implicitly convert type 'Namespace.ObjectName' to 'Namespace.ObjectName[]'

So it seems like the program is trying to go from array to object and back to array, but I'm not really sure. The auto-generated class code is a huge mess that's difficult to wade through. I'm hoping that maybe there's something simple I'm missing here.

Thanks!

Answer 1

I managed to fix this. Each of the four objects in question were generated as doubly-indexed arrays, such as:

 private loot[][] lootTallyField;

and

 public loot[][] LootTally
 {
  get
  {
   return this.lootTallyField;
  }
  set
  {
   this.lootTallyField = value;
  }
 }

All I did was remove one set of brackets, and it all seems to be working fine. No problems with deserialization and a quick inspection of the deserialized object makes it look like the data was loaded correctly.

 private loot[] lootTallyField;

and

 public loot[] LootTally
 {
  get
  {
   return this.lootTallyField;
  }
  set
  {
   this.lootTallyField = value;
  }
 }

Still not sure why xsd.exe made these doubly-indexed if they're not supposed to be. I feel like I'm still missing something, hence why this question is still open.

Particularly, if I ever need to re-generate this code, then I'd need to reapply the fix, which kind of defeats the purpose of using a partial class in the first place...