Problem deserializing xml file

Question

I auto generated an xsd file from the below xml and used xsd2code to get a c# class. The problem is the entire xml doesn't deserialize.

Here is how I'm attempting to deserialize:

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        using (TextReader textReader = new StreamReader("config.xml"))
        {
           // string temp = textReader.ReadToEnd();
            XmlSerializer deserializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(project));
            project p = (project)deserializer.Deserialize(textReader);
        }
    }

here is the actual XML:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<project>
  <scm class="hudson.scm.SubversionSCM">
    <locations>
      <hudson.scm.SubversionSCM_-ModuleLocation>
        <remote>https://svn.xxx.com/test/Validation/CPS DRTest DLL/trunk</remote>
      </hudson.scm.SubversionSCM_-ModuleLocation>
    </locations>
    <useUpdate>false</useUpdate>
    <browser class="hudson.scm.browsers.FishEyeSVN">
      <url>http://fisheye.xxxx.net/browse/Test/</url>
      <rootModule>Test</rootModule>
    </browser>
    <excludedCommitMessages></excludedCommitMessages>
  </scm>
  <openf>Hello there</openf>
  <buildWrappers/>
</project>

When I run the above, the locations node remains null.

Here is the xsd that I'm using:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xs:schema id="NewDataSet" xmlns="" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
  <xs:element name="project">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:all>
        <xs:element name="openf" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
        <xs:element name="buildWrappers" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
        <xs:element name="scm" minOccurs="0">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="useUpdate" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
              <xs:element name="excludedCommitMessages" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
              <xs:element name="locations" minOccurs="0">
                <xs:complexType>
                  <xs:sequence>
                    <xs:element name="hudson.scm.SubversionSCM_-ModuleLocation" minOccurs="0">
                      <xs:complexType>
                        <xs:sequence>
                          <xs:element name="remote" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
                        </xs:sequence>
                      </xs:complexType>
                    </xs:element>
                  </xs:sequence>
                </xs:complexType>
              </xs:element>
              <xs:element name="browser" minOccurs="0">
                <xs:complexType>
                  <xs:sequence>
                    <xs:element name="url" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="0" />
                    <xs:element name="rootModule" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
                  </xs:sequence>
                  <xs:attribute name="class" type="xs:string" />
                </xs:complexType>
              </xs:element>
            </xs:sequence>
            <xs:attribute name="class" type="xs:string" />
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
      </xs:all>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
  <xs:element name="NewDataSet" msdata:IsDataSet="true" msdata:UseCurrentLocale="true">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
        <xs:element ref="project" />
      </xs:choice>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

Andy · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-25 18:36:17Z

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Figured it out. When using xsd2code I had select options to target the 3.5 framework and include the xml attributes. It now deserializes as expected. Not sure which one did it, but works now.

answered May 25, 2010 at 18:36

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Chuck Wilbur · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-25 18:36:30Z

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According to this page '.' is not a valid XML tag name character, so you need to rename <hudson.scm.SubversionSCM_-ModuleLocation> to something without the dots.

edited May 25, 2010 at 18:36

answered May 25, 2010 at 18:09

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Andrew Walker Over a year ago

This shouldn't be the problem. Dots are fine within XML names. They are included in production [4a] in both the XML 1.0 and XML 1.1 recommendation. What you cannot do is use a dot to start a name.

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