DataServices XML to VB Code

Question

I was given XML files I believe were generated from an oData service endpoint with the $metadata url parameter.

My question, how do I take these files and generate classes? Or am I thinking about this all wrong?

Be advised, these XML files were emailed to me.

Cheers!

Answer 1

If you have the $metadata output as a file you can use the datasvcutil.exe tool to generate the client side classes. DataSvcUtil /language:VB /version:2.0 /dataServiceCollection /out:"data.vb" /in:"file.edmx" Note that you need to rename your metadata file to have the edmx extension for the tool to work correctly. You can lookup the documentation about the tool in msdn here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee383989.aspx