Load XML file into object. Best method?

Question

Hello,

We are receiving an XML file from our client. I want to load the data from this file into a class, but am unsure about which way to go about it.

I have an XSD to defining what is expected in the XML file, so therefore i can easily validate the XML file.

Can i use the XSD file to load the data into a POCO, using some sort of serialization?

The other way i was thinking was to load the xml into a XMLDocument and use XPath to populate each property in my class.

Cheers for any advice

Answer 1

Depending on how complex the XSD is, you have a couple of options:

• Use xsd.exe to generate C# classes which can be used in conjunction with the XmlSerializer.
• Use svcutil.exe with the /dconly argument to generate DataContract-attributed types appropriate for use with the DataContractSerializer.