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XML not being serialised correctly into object

I am trying to serialise a piece of XML that is being returned from a third party API. However when doing so i am only retrieving part of the object upon serialisation. And only some of the values seem to exist. I thought this could be a input type problem, however all the types seem to be correct. I think it may have something to do with how my model is constructed.After debugging the code i have narrowed it down to be a problem with the conversion of the xml into the object.
C# CODE:
//[Route("api/AvailabiliyCheck/GetAvailability/{CSSDistrictCode}/{GoldAddressKey}")]
public EADAvailabilityDetails GetAvailabilityEAD([FromUri] string CSSDistrictCode, [FromUri] string GoldAddressKey)
{
//Load the request xml template
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
string path = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/XML/Availability/GetAvailabilityEAD.xml");
doc.Load(path);
//Assign incoming paramaters to xml template
XmlNamespaceManager manager = new XmlNamespaceManager(doc.NameTable);
manager.AddNamespace("soap", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
manager.AddNamespace("stupid_xmlns", "http://webservices.talktalkplc.com/NetworkProductAvailabilityCheckerService");
XmlNode CSSDistrictCodeNode = doc.SelectSingleNode("soap:Envelope/soap:Body/stupid_xmlns:GetAvailability/stupid_xmlns:request/stupid_xmlns:RequestDetails/stupid_xmlns:CSSDistrictCode", manager);
CSSDistrictCodeNode.InnerXml = CSSDistrictCode;
XmlNode GoldAddressKeyNode = doc.SelectSingleNode("soap:Envelope/soap:Body/stupid_xmlns:GetAvailability/stupid_xmlns:request/stupid_xmlns:RequestDetails/stupid_xmlns:GoldAddressKey", manager);
GoldAddressKeyNode.InnerXml = GoldAddressKey;
//Send Request To API
string _url = "https://b2b.api.talktalkgroup.com/api/v2/partners/AvailabilityCheckers/NPAC/v45";
string _action = "http://webservices.talktalkplc.com/NetworkProductAvailabilityCheckerService/NetworkProductAvailabilityCheckerService/GetAvailability";
string xml = doc.InnerXml;
var soapResult = WebService.ApiRequest(_url, _action, xml);
XmlDocument xmlToFormat = new XmlDocument();
xmlToFormat.LoadXml(soapResult);
string Outerxml = xmlToFormat.FirstChild.FirstChild.FirstChild.FirstChild.ChildNodes[2].InnerXml;
//Remove all namespaces
var xmlToBeStripped = XElement.Parse(Outerxml);
string finalXml = XmlFormatter.stripNS(xmlToBeStripped).ToString();
EADAvailabilityDetails result;
// Deserialises xlm into an object
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(EADAvailabilityDetails));
using (TextReader reader = new StringReader(finalXml))
{
result = (EADAvailabilityDetails)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
}
return result;
}
XML being returned:
<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<s:Body>
<GetAvailabilityResponse xmlns="http://webservices.talktalkplc.com/NetworkProductAvailabilityCheckerService">
<GetAvailabilityResult xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Status xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/InHouse.SharedLibraries.ServiceBase.BaseTypes">
<Errors/>
<HasErrors>false</HasErrors>
</Status>
<CSSDistrictCode>lv</CSSDistrictCode>
<EADAvailability>
<AvailabilityDetails i:type="EADAvailabilityDetails">
<Status xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/InHouse.SharedLibraries.ServiceBase.BaseTypes">
<Errors/>
<HasErrors>false</HasErrors>
</Status>
<EADAvailability>
<EADAvailabilityResult>
<CollectorNodeExchangeCode>NDMAI</CollectorNodeExchangeCode>
<CollectorNodeExchangeName>Maidstone</CollectorNodeExchangeName>
<Distance>0</Distance>
<EADBandwidth xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<a:string>100M</a:string>
</EADBandwidth>
<EADSubType>EAD-LA</EADSubType>
<FibreExchangeCode>NDACO</FibreExchangeCode>
<FibreExchangename>Archers Court</FibreExchangename>
<IndicativeECC>Within tariff</IndicativeECC>
<IndicativeOrderCategory>Category 2.1</IndicativeOrderCategory>
<LocalExchangeCode>NDACO</LocalExchangeCode>
<LocalExchangeName>Archers Court</LocalExchangeName>
<ORLeadTime>40</ORLeadTime>
<OrderCategoryExplanation>There is a T node within 1km (or 650m in London) with spare capacity and ducting is in place, however some additional cabling is required between the premises and the T node.</OrderCategoryExplanation>
<TTLeadTime>56</TTLeadTime>
<Zone>0</Zone>
</EADAvailabilityResult>
<EADAvailabilityResult>
<CollectorNodeExchangeCode>NDMAI</CollectorNodeExchangeCode>
<CollectorNodeExchangeName>Maidstone</CollectorNodeExchangeName>
<Distance>0</Distance>
<EADBandwidth xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<a:string>LOW 1GB</a:string>
</EADBandwidth>
<EADSubType>EAD-LA</EADSubType>
<FibreExchangeCode>NDACO</FibreExchangeCode>
<FibreExchangename>Archers Court</FibreExchangename>
<IndicativeECC>Within tariff</IndicativeECC>
<IndicativeOrderCategory>Category 2.1</IndicativeOrderCategory>
<LocalExchangeCode>NDACO</LocalExchangeCode>
<LocalExchangeName>Archers Court</LocalExchangeName>
<ORLeadTime>40</ORLeadTime>
<OrderCategoryExplanation>There is a T node within 1km (or 650m in London) with spare capacity and ducting is in place, however some additional cabling is required between the premises and the T node.</OrderCategoryExplanation>
<TTLeadTime>56</TTLeadTime>
<Zone>0</Zone>
</EADAvailabilityResult>
<EADAvailabilityResult>
<CollectorNodeExchangeCode>NDCAN</CollectorNodeExchangeCode>
<CollectorNodeExchangeName>Canterbury</CollectorNodeExchangeName>
<Distance>20656</Distance>
<EADBandwidth xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<a:string>HIGH 1GB</a:string>
</EADBandwidth>
<EADSubType>EAD-NonLA</EADSubType>
<FibreExchangeCode>NDCAN</FibreExchangeCode>
<FibreExchangename>Canterbury</FibreExchangename>
<IndicativeECC>Within tariff</IndicativeECC>
<IndicativeOrderCategory>Category 2.1</IndicativeOrderCategory>
<LocalExchangeCode>NDACO</LocalExchangeCode>
<LocalExchangeName>Archers Court</LocalExchangeName>
<ORLeadTime>40</ORLeadTime>
<OrderCategoryExplanation>There is a T node within 1km (or 650m in London) with spare capacity and ducting is in place, however some additional cabling is required between the premises and the T node.</OrderCategoryExplanation>
<TTLeadTime>56</TTLeadTime>
<Zone>B</Zone>
</EADAvailabilityResult>
</EADAvailability>
<LeadTime>10</LeadTime>
</AvailabilityDetails>
</EADAvailability>
<GoldAddressKey>A00009292752</GoldAddressKey>
<Postcode/>
</GetAvailabilityResult>
</GetAvailabilityResponse>
</s:Body>
</s:Envelope>
Model:
[Serializable, XmlRoot("AvailabilityDetails")]
public class EADAvailabilityDetails
{
[XmlElement("EADAvailability")]
public EADAvailability EADAvailability { get; set; }
}
public class EADAvailability
{
[XmlElement("EADAvailabilityResult")]
public List<EADAvailabilityResult> EADAvailabilityResult { get; set; }
}
public class EADAvailabilityResult
{
[XmlElement("CollectorNodeExchangeCode")]
public string CollectorNodeExchangeCode { get; set; }
[XmlElement("CollectorNodeExchangeName")]
public string CollectorNodeExchangeName { get; set; }
[XmlElement("Distance")]
public int Distance { get; set; }
[XmlElement("EADBandwidth")]
public string EADBandwidth { get; set; }
[XmlElement("EADSubType")]
public string EADSubType { get; set; }
[XmlElement("FibreExchangeCode")]
public string FibreExchangeCode { get; set; }
[XmlElement("FibreExchangename")]
public string FibreExchangename { get; set; }
[XmlElement("IndicativeECC")]
public string IndicativeECC { get; set; }
[XmlElement("IndicativeOrderCategory")]
public string IndicativeOrderCategory { get; set; }
[XmlElement("LocalExchangeCode")]
public string LocalExchangeCode { get; set; }
[XmlElement("LocalExchangeName")]
public string LocalExchangeName { get; set; }
[XmlElement("ORLeadTime")]
public int ORLeadTime { get; set; }
[XmlElement("OrderCategoryExplanation")]
public string OrderCategoryExplanation { get; set; }
[XmlElement("TTLeadTime")]
public int TTLeadTime { get; set; }
[XmlElement("Zone")]
public int Zone { get; set; }
}
XML after serialisation:
{
"<EADAvailability>k__BackingField": {
"EADAvailabilityResult": [
{
"CollectorNodeExchangeCode": "NDMAI",
"CollectorNodeExchangeName": "Maidstone",
"Distance": 0,
"EADBandwidth": "100M",
"EADSubType": null,
"FibreExchangeCode": null,
"FibreExchangename": null,
"IndicativeECC": null,
"IndicativeOrderCategory": null,
"LocalExchangeCode": null,
"LocalExchangeName": null,
"ORLeadTime": 0,
"OrderCategoryExplanation": null,
"TTLeadTime": 0,
"Zone": 0
}
]
}
}

The code below works :
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
namespace ConsoleApplication139
{
class Program
{
const string FILENAME = #"c:\temp\test.xml";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(FILENAME);
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Envelope));
Envelope envelope = (Envelope)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
}
}
[XmlRoot(Namespace = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")]
public class Envelope
{
[XmlElement (Namespace = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")]
public Body Body { get; set; }
}
public class Body
{
[XmlElement(Namespace = "http://webservices.talktalkplc.com/NetworkProductAvailabilityCheckerService")]
public GetAvailabilityResponse GetAvailabilityResponse { get; set; }
}
public class GetAvailabilityResponse
{
[XmlElement(Namespace = "http://webservices.talktalkplc.com/NetworkProductAvailabilityCheckerService")]
public GetAvailabilityResult GetAvailabilityResult { get; set; }
}
public class GetAvailabilityResult
{
[XmlArray("EADAvailability", Namespace = "http://webservices.talktalkplc.com/NetworkProductAvailabilityCheckerService")]
[XmlArrayItem("AvailabilityDetails", Namespace = "http://webservices.talktalkplc.com/NetworkProductAvailabilityCheckerService")]
public AvailabilityDetails[] AvailabilityDetails { get; set; }
}
[XmlInclude(typeof(EADAvailabilityDetails))]
[Serializable, XmlRoot("AvailabilityDetails", Namespace = "http://webservices.talktalkplc.com/NetworkProductAvailabilityCheckerService")]
public class AvailabilityDetails
{
}
[Serializable, XmlRoot("EADAvailabilityDetails", Namespace = "http://webservices.talktalkplc.com/NetworkProductAvailabilityCheckerService")]
public class EADAvailabilityDetails : AvailabilityDetails
{
[XmlArray("EADAvailability", Namespace = "http://webservices.talktalkplc.com/NetworkProductAvailabilityCheckerService")]
[XmlArrayItem("EADAvailabilityResult", Namespace = "http://webservices.talktalkplc.com/NetworkProductAvailabilityCheckerService")]
public EADAvailabilityResult[] EADAvailabilityResult { get; set; }
}
public class EADAvailabilityResult
{
public string CollectorNodeExchangeCode { get; set; }
public string CollectorNodeExchangeName { get; set; }
public int Distance { get; set; }
public EADBandwidth EADBandwidth { get; set; }
public string EADSubType { get; set; }
public string FibreExchangeCode { get; set; }
public string FibreExchangename { get; set; }
public string IndicativeECC { get; set; }
public string IndicativeOrderCategory { get; set; }
public string LocalExchangeCode { get; set; }
public string LocalExchangeName { get; set; }
public int ORLeadTime { get; set; }
public string OrderCategoryExplanation { get; set; }
public int TTLeadTime { get; set; }
public string Zone { get; set; }
}
public class EADBandwidth
{
[XmlElement(ElementName = "string", Type = typeof(string), Namespace = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays")]
public string String { get; set; }
}
}

Xml deserialization returns empty array even though POCO has right xml attributes generated from xsd2code++ tool

I am using XSD2Code++ 2019 tool for visual studio to generate POCOs from aset of 5 xsds. I have added the POCO class below. I see that it has the right xml decorators for it to serialize properly. But I really fail to understand or figure out why the 3rd level object in the returned deserialized data is always empty and not typecasted to the correct type.
I have tried changing attributes to xmlArray and xmlArrayElement too but none of that worked.
POCO class-
https://gist.github.com/nimisha84/b86a4bb2bf37aea6ec351a9f6e331bed
Sample xml response which has null values after deserialization using c# code-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<IntuitResponse xmlns="http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3" time="2019-07-05T14:29:08.603-07:00">
<QueryResponse startPosition="1" maxResults="1" totalCount="1">
<Invoice domain="QBO" sparse="false">
<Id>8633</Id>
<SyncToken>14</SyncToken>
<MetaData>
<CreateTime>2019-01-09T11:32:12-08:00</CreateTime>
<LastUpdatedTime>2019-06-05T12:49:40-07:00</LastUpdatedTime>
</MetaData>
<CustomField>
<DefinitionId>1</DefinitionId>
<Name>CustomPO</Name>
<Type>StringType</Type>
<StringValue>Gold</StringValue>
</CustomField>
<DocNumber>2830</DocNumber>
<TxnDate>2019-01-09</TxnDate>
<CurrencyRef name="United States Dollar">USD</CurrencyRef>
<ExchangeRate>1</ExchangeRate>
<PrivateNote>Voided - Voided</PrivateNote>
<Line>
<Id>1</Id>
<LineNum>1</LineNum>
<Description>Description</Description>
<Amount>0</Amount>
<DetailType>SalesItemLineDetail</DetailType>
<SalesItemLineDetail>
<ItemRef name="Name27140">815</ItemRef>
<Qty>0</Qty>
<TaxCodeRef>NON</TaxCodeRef>
</SalesItemLineDetail>
</Line>
<Line>
<Amount>0</Amount>
<DetailType>SubTotalLineDetail</DetailType>
<SubTotalLineDetail />
</Line>
<TxnTaxDetail>
<TotalTax>0</TotalTax>
</TxnTaxDetail>
<CustomerRef name="a4">2561</CustomerRef>
<DueDate>2019-01-09</DueDate>
<TotalAmt>0</TotalAmt>
<HomeTotalAmt>0</HomeTotalAmt>
<ApplyTaxAfterDiscount>false</ApplyTaxAfterDiscount>
<PrintStatus>NeedToPrint</PrintStatus>
<EmailStatus>NotSet</EmailStatus>
<Balance>0</Balance>
<Deposit>0</Deposit>
<AllowIPNPayment>false</AllowIPNPayment>
<AllowOnlinePayment>false</AllowOnlinePayment>
<AllowOnlineCreditCardPayment>false</AllowOnlineCreditCardPayment>
<AllowOnlineACHPayment>false</AllowOnlineACHPayment>
</Invoice>
</QueryResponse>
</IntuitResponse>
Code to deserialize-
string responseText = apiResponse.ReadToEnd();
var responseSerializer = new XmlObjectSerializer();
IntuitResponse restResponse =
(IntuitResponse)this.responseSerializer.Deserialize<IntuitResponse>(responseText);
res=restResponse.Items[0] as QueryResponse;
here QueryResponse is not having Invoice(of type IntuitEntity) object returned. Instead empty value is returned. See screenshot.
https://imgur.com/a/5yF6Khb
I really need help to figure out why the 3rd level property is returned as empty.

I tested code below and it works. I manually generated the classes which produces simpler results than using tools.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
const string FILENAME = #"c:\temp\test.xml";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string responseText = File.ReadAllText(FILENAME);
StringReader reader = new StringReader(responseText);
XmlReader xReader = XmlReader.Create(reader);
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(IntuitResponse));
IntuitResponse response = (IntuitResponse)serializer.Deserialize(xReader);
}
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "IntuitResponse", Namespace = "http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3")]
public class IntuitResponse
{
[XmlAttribute("time")]
public DateTime time { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "QueryResponse", Namespace = "http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3")]
public QueryResponse response { get; set; }
}
public class QueryResponse
{
[XmlAttribute("startPosition")]
public int startPosition { get; set; }
[XmlAttribute("maxResults")]
public int maxResults { get; set; }
[XmlAttribute("totalCount")]
public int totalCount { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "Invoice", Namespace = "http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3")]
public Invoice invoice { get; set; }
}
public class Invoice
{
[XmlAttribute("domain")]
public string domain { get; set; }
[XmlAttribute("sparse")]
public Boolean sparse { get; set; }
public int Id { get; set; }
public int SyncToken { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "MetaData", Namespace = "http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3")]
public MetaData metaData { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "CustomField", Namespace = "http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3")]
public CustomField customField { get; set; }
public int DocNumber { get; set; }
public DateTime TxnDate { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "CurrencyRef", Namespace = "http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3")]
public CurrencyRef currencyRef { get; set; }
public int ExchangeRate { get; set; }
public string PrivateNote { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "Line", Namespace = "http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3")]
public List<Line> line { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "TxnTaxDetail", Namespace = "http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3")]
public TxnTaxDetail txnTaxDetail { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "CustomerRef", Namespace = "http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3")]
public CustomerRef CustomerRef { get; set; }
public DateTime DueDate { get; set; }
public int TotalAmt { get; set; }
public int HomeTotalAmt { get; set; }
public Boolean ApplyTaxAfterDiscount { get; set; }
public string PrintStatus { get; set; }
public string EmailStatus { get; set; }
public int Balance { get; set; }
public int Deposit { get; set; }
public Boolean AllowIPNPayment { get; set; }
public Boolean AllowOnlinePayment { get; set; }
public Boolean AllowOnlineCreditCardPayment { get; set; }
public Boolean AllowOnlineACHPayment { get; set; }
}
public class MetaData
{
public DateTime CreateTime { get; set; }
public DateTime LastUpdatedTime { get; set; }
}
public class CustomField
{
public int DefinitionId { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Type { get; set; }
public string StringValue { get; set; }
}
public class CurrencyRef
{
[XmlAttribute("name")]
public string name { get; set; }
[XmlText]
public string value { get; set; }
}
public class Line
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public int LineNum { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public decimal Amount { get; set; }
public string DetailType { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "SalesItemLineDetail", Namespace = "http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3")]
public SalesItemLineDetail salesItemLineDetail { get; set; }
}
public class CustomerRef
{
[XmlAttribute("name")]
public string name { get; set; }
[XmlText]
public string value { get; set; }
}
public class SalesItemLineDetail
{
[XmlElement(ElementName = "ItemRef", Namespace = "http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3")]
public ItemRef itemRef { get; set; }
public int Qty { get; set; }
public string TaxCodeRef { get; set; }
}
public class ItemRef
{
[XmlAttribute("name")]
public string name { get; set; }
[XmlText]
public string value { get; set; }
}
public class TxnTaxDetail
{
public int TotalTax { get; set; }
}
}

Deserialize XML with list of elements where some are xsi:nil=“true”

When I deserialize the XML below, from a third-party, my objects are always null.
XML
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<OrderImport xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Reply i:nil="true">
</Reply>
<ReplyStatus i:nil="true">
<DebugInfo>
</DebugInfo>
<PerformanceLogInfo>
</PerformanceLogInfo>
</ReplyStatus>
<Reply>
<OrderNumber>4063286</OrderNumber>
</Reply>
<ReplyStatus>
<Result>0</Result>
<Message>
</Message>
</ReplyStatus>
</OrderImport>
C# Class
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "OrderImport")]
public class OrderImport
{
[XmlElement(ElementName = "Reply")]
public List<Reply> Reply { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "ReplyStatus")]
public List<ReplyStatus> ReplyStatus { get; set; }
[XmlAttribute(AttributeName = "i", Namespace = "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/")]
public string I { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName= "Reply")]
public class Reply
{
[XmlAttribute(AttributeName = "nil", Namespace = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance")]
public string Nil { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "OrderNumber")]
public string OrderNumber { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "ReplyStatus")]
public class ReplyStatus
{
[XmlElement(ElementName = "DebugInfo")]
public string DebugInfo { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "PerformanceLogInfo")]
public string PerformanceLogInfo { get; set; }
[XmlAttribute(AttributeName = "nil", Namespace = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance")]
public string Nil { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "Result")]
public string Result { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "Message")]
public string Message { get; set; }
}
I believe the problem has to do with the first occurrence of the objects Reply and ReplyStatus being null.
I'm trying to deserialize like so
httpResponseMessage.Content.ReadAsAsync<OrderImport>().Result;
However, I've found that if I deserialize like this it works just fine
stringres = httpResponseMessage.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
using (var stringreader = new StringReader(stringres))
{
var result = (OrderImport)xmlSerializer.Deserialize(stringreader);
}

Batch Data Extraction Script

apologies for the newbie question as I am very new to the world of programming etc.
I have a large XML file containing (see link below). It contains an ID number for legal entities (LEI) followed by the ID for their respective parent company.
Example from the XML file
The yellow is the entity LEI number and the green is the parent company LEI.
I would like to create some sort of batch script or GUI so I can enter a list of entity (green) LEI numbers and then given an output of all the corresponding parent LEI numbers.
Here is the file for anyone wondering: https://leidata.gleif.org/api/v1/concatenated-files/rr/20171025/zip
I am very inexperienced so I am not sure where to start.
Many thanks

Copy the entire file content to clipboard, then open your visual studio project and go to menu -> edit -> paste special -> paste as xml classes. This will generate a bunch of classes in the file you have currently open. Save this file. Then you use this code to load the file and return the loaded data:
public static RelationshipData LoadFile(string fileName)
{
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Items));
RelationshipData data;
using (Stream r = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open))
{
data = (RelationshipData)serializer.Deserialize(r);
}
return data;
}
Now you should be able to access the file content using the properties of the returned data object. Haven't used this method with xml-data that uses prefixes, but I think this will be handled too...
With this data you should build up a dictionary or something like that that suits your needs that maps one ID to the other ID.
You should really start reading why and how this works...
NOT TESTED

I think I got most of the elements. You need to do some careful checking since there are a lot of nodes. I added a writer so I can use Beyond Compare to check if I got all the nodes. Fixed some errors. Still need some minor tweaks.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
const string INPUT_FILENAME = #"c:\temp\test.xml";
const string OUTPUT_FILENAME = #"c:\temp\test1.xml";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
settings.CheckCharacters = false;
XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(INPUT_FILENAME, settings);
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(RelationshipDataRelationshipData));
RelationshipDataRelationshipData relationshipDataRelationshipData = (RelationshipDataRelationshipData)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
XmlWriterSettings wSettings = new XmlWriterSettings();
wSettings.Indent = true;
XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(OUTPUT_FILENAME, wSettings);
XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
ns.Add("rr", "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016");
ns.Add("gleif", "http://www.gleif.org/concatenated-file/header-extension/2.0");
serializer.Serialize(writer, relationshipDataRelationshipData, ns);
writer.Flush();
writer.Close();
}
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "RelationshipData", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016")]
public class RelationshipDataRelationshipData
{
[XmlElement("Header")]
public Header header { get; set; }
[XmlElement("RelationshipRecords", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016")]
public RelationshipRecords relationshipRecords { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "Header", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016")]
public class Header
{
[XmlElement("ContentDate")]
public DateTime ContentDate { get; set; }
[XmlElement("FileContent")]
public string FileContent { get; set; }
[XmlElement("RecordCount")]
public int RecordCount { get; set; }
[XmlElement("Extension", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016")]
public Extension extension { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "Extension", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016")]
public class Extension
{
[XmlElement(ElementName = "Sources", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/concatenated-file/header-extension/2.0")]
public Sourses sources { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "Sources", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/concatenated-file/header-extension/2.0")]
public class Sourses
{
[XmlElement("Source")]
public List<Source> source { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "Source", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/concatenated-file/header-extension/2.0")]
public class Source
{
[XmlElement("ContentDate")]
public DateTime ContentDate { get; set; }
[XmlElement("Originator")]
public string Originator { get; set; }
[XmlElement("RecordCount")]
public int RecordCount { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "RelationshipRecords", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016")]
public class RelationshipRecords
{
[XmlElement("RelationshipRecord")]
public List<RelationshipRecord> relationshipRecord { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "RelationshipRecord", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016")]
public class RelationshipRecord
{
[XmlElement("Relationship")]
public Relationship relationship { get; set; }
[XmlElement("Registration")]
public Registration registration { get; set; }
[XmlElement("Extension", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016")]
public Extension extension { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "Relationship", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016")]
public class Relationship
{
[XmlElement("StartNode")]
public Node StartNode { get; set; }
[XmlElement("EndNode")]
public Node EndNode { get; set; }
public string RelationshipType { get; set; }
[XmlElement("RelationshipPeriods")]
public RelationshipPeriods relationshipPeriods { get; set; }
public string RelationshipStatus { get; set; }
[XmlElement("RelationshipQualifiers")]
public RelationshipQualifiers relationshipQualifiers { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "Node", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016")]
public class Node
{
public string NodeID { get; set; }
public string NodeIDType { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "class RelationshipQualifiers", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016")]
public class RelationshipQualifiers
{
[XmlElement("RelationshipQualifier")]
public RelationshipQualifier relationshipQualifier { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "class RelationshipQualifier", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016")]
public class RelationshipQualifier
{
public string QualifierDimension { get; set; }
public string QualifierCategory { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "Registration", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016")]
public class Registration
{
public DateTime InitialRegistrationDate { get; set; }
public DateTime LastUpdateDate { get; set; }
public string RegistrationStatus { get; set; }
public DateTime NextRenewalDate { get; set; }
public string ManagingLOU { get; set; }
public string ValidationSources { get; set; }
public string ValidationDocuments { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "class RelationshipPeriods", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016")]
public class RelationshipPeriods
{
[XmlElement("RelationshipPeriod")]
public List<RelationshipPeriod> relationshipPeriod { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "class RelationshipPeriod", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016")]
public class RelationshipPeriod
{
[XmlElement("StartDate")]
public DateTime StartDate { get; set; }
[XmlElement("EndDate")]
public DateTime EndDate { get; set; }
[XmlElement("PeriodType")]
public string PeriodType { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "class RelationshipQuantifiers", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016")]
public class RelationshipQuantifiers
{
[XmlElement("RelationshipQuantifier")]
public List<RelationshipQuantifier> relationshipQuantifier { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "class RelationshipQuantifier", Namespace = "http://www.gleif.org/data/schema/rr/2016")]
public class RelationshipQuantifier
{
[XmlElement("MeasurementMethod")]
public DateTime MeasurementMethod { get; set; }
[XmlElement("QuantifierAmount")]
public decimal QuantifierAmount { get; set; }
[XmlElement("QuantifierUnits")]
public string QuantifierUnits { get; set; }
}
}

.NET Xml deserialization, issue/error with xsi:type attribute

VS2008, .NET Framework 3.5
We're utilizing the WebEx Xml API. Here's a sample Xml response from their web service that I'm trying to deserialize into .NET classes.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<serv:message xmlns:serv="http://www.webex.com/schemas/2002/06/service" xmlns:com="http://www.webex.com/schemas/2002/06/common"
xmlns:event="http://www.webex.com/schemas/2002/06/service/event"><serv:header><serv:response><serv:result>SUCCESS</serv:result><serv:gsbStatus>PRIMARY</s
erv:gsbStatus></serv:response></serv:header>
<serv:body>
<serv:bodyContent xsi:type="event:lstsummaryEventResponse" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<event:matchingRecords>
<serv:total>2</serv:total>
<serv:returned>2</serv:returned>
<serv:startFrom>1</serv:startFrom>
</event:matchingRecords>
<event:event>
<event:sessionKey>999999</event:sessionKey>
<event:sessionName>Test Event 1</event:sessionName>
<event:sessionType>129</event:sessionType>
<event:hostWebExID>SomeName</event:hostWebExID>
<event:startDate>03/28/2012 14:30:00</event:startDate>
<event:endDate>03/28/2012 14:45:00</event:endDate>
<event:timeZoneID>11</event:timeZoneID>
<event:duration>15</event:duration>
<event:description></event:description>
<event:status>NOT_INPROGRESS</event:status>
<event:panelists></event:panelists>
<event:listStatus>PUBLIC</event:listStatus>
</event:event>
</serv:bodyContent>
</serv:body>
</serv:message>
Here's the class that we're deserializing into:
using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Xml.Schema;
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace Masonite.MTier.WebEx
{
[Serializable()]
[XmlRoot("message", Namespace = "http://www.webex.com/schemas/2002/06/service")]
public class lstsummaryEventResponsexx
{
[XmlNamespaceDeclarations]
public XmlSerializerNamespaces xmlns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
public lstsummaryEventResponsexx()
{
xmlns.Add("serv", "http://www.webex.com/schemas/2002/06/service");
xmlns.Add("com", "http://www.webex.com/schemas/2002/06/common");
xmlns.Add("event", "http://www.webex.com/schemas/2002/06/service/event");
}
[XmlElement(ElementName = "header")]
public Header header { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "body")]
public Body body { get; set; }
[Serializable()]
[XmlRoot("header")]
public class Header
{
[XmlElement(ElementName = "response")]
public Response response { get; set; }
}
[Serializable()]
[XmlRoot("body")]
[XmlInclude(typeof(lstsummaryEventResponse))]
public class Body
{
[XmlElement(ElementName = "bodyContent", Form = XmlSchemaForm.Qualified)]
public BodyContent bodyContent { get; set; }
}
[Serializable()]
public class lstsummaryEventResponse
{
}
[Serializable()]
[XmlRoot("response")]
public class Response
{
[XmlElement(ElementName = "result")]
public string result { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "reason")]
public string reason { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "gsbStatus")]
public string gsbStatus { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "exceptionID")]
public string exceptionID { get; set; }
}
[Serializable()]
[XmlRoot("bodyContent")]
public class BodyContent
{
[XmlElement(ElementName = "matchingRecords", Namespace = "http://www.webex.com/schemas/2002/06/service/event")]
public MatchingRecords matchingRecords { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "event", Namespace = "http://www.webex.com/schemas/2002/06/service/event")]
public List<EventSummary> events { get; set; }
}
[Serializable()]
[XmlRoot("matchingRecords")]
public class MatchingRecords
{
[XmlElement(ElementName = "total", Namespace = "http://www.webex.com/schemas/2002/06/service")]
public int total { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "returned", Namespace = "http://www.webex.com/schemas/2002/06/service")]
public int returned { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "startFrom", Namespace = "http://www.webex.com/schemas/2002/06/service")]
public int startFrom { get; set; }
}
[Serializable()]
[XmlRoot("event")]
public class EventSummary
{
[XmlElement(ElementName = "sessionKey")]
public long sessionKey { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "sessionName")]
public string sessionName { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "sessionType")]
public int sessionType { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "hostWebExID")]
public string hostWebExID { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "startDate")]
public string startDate { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "endDate")]
public string endDate { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "timeZoneID")]
public int timeZoneID { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "duration")]
public int duration { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "description")]
public string description { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "status")]
public string status { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "panelists")]
public string panelists { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "listStatus")]
public listingType listStatus { get; set; }
}
}
}
The error I'm receiving:
The specified type was not recognized: name='lstsummaryEventResponse', namespace='http://www.webex.com/schemas/2002/06/service/event', at <bodyContent xmlns='http://www.webex.com/schemas/2002/06/service'>
I'm not sure how to provide the type lstsummaryEventResponse for the Deserialize method. I added another serializable class to my class above using that name, but get the same error. Any thoughts?

BodyContent can have the type event:lstsummaryEventResponse - so you have to declare the corresponding class, and then decorate the declaration of BodyContent as follows:
[Serializable()]
[XmlRoot("bodyContent")]
[XmlInclude("lstsummaryEventResponse")]
public class BodyContent {
}
Having said that, creating C# class with a serialization corresponding to some arbitrary XML is pretty tricky, I am not sure it is right approach