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c#xmlstrictserialization
HostMAX
HostMAX

Reputation: 176

stricter XmlSerializer which does not allow unused nodes

I generated C# classes based on XSD using the xsd.exe tool from the SDK. Then I can use that class to [de]serialize objects using XmlSerializer... However the serializer seems to be very forgiving.

Is it possible that I can make the serializer throw an exception in case there is missing property or a "strange" XML node?

I think one way is to modify the setter of the property and make it validate the data (or use XSD validation)... However is there any other alternative solution for this problem ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 128

Answers (1)

casperOne
casperOne

Reputation: 74530

You can implement the IXmlSerializable interface and in the ReadXml method implementation, check for the specific elements that you require, throwing exceptions when you don't find them (or setting whatever notification you need to).

If you want to use a schema for validation (to use the minOccurs and maxOccurs schema attributes, for example), then you can configure the XmlReader instance to validate against the schema by setting the Schemas property on the XmlReaderSettings class that you pass to the Create method (note there are overloads of Create which take a TextReader, etc.).

Upvotes: 2

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