I'm trying to deserialize xml retrieved from a web service call
using (var client = new WebClient())
{
client.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
var content = client.DownloadString("call to service");
System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer serializer = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(List<NewCourseApply.Models.Education>));
using (TextReader textReader = new StringReader(content))
{
var e = (List<NewCourseApply.Models.Education>)serializer.Deserialize(textReader);
}
}
The xml returned from the service is:
<ArrayOfEducation xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/CovUni.Domain.Admissions" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><Education><_auditList xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/CovUni.Common.Base" xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays"/><_apCode>670104552</_apCode><_attendanceType>FT</_attendanceType><_educationId>1</_educationId><_establishmentDetails>test school</_establishmentDetails><_fromDate>2016-11-01T00:00:00</_fromDate><_toDate>2016-11-22T00:00:00</_toDate><_ucasSchoolCode/></Education></ArrayOfEducation>
My client side object is:
[Serializable]
public class Education
{
protected int _apCode;
protected int _educationId;
protected string _establishmentDetails;
protected string _ucasSchoolCode;
protected DateTime? _fromDate;
protected DateTime? _toDate;
protected string _attendanceType;
protected string _auditList;
public int ApCode
{ get { return _apCode;}
set { _apCode = value;} }
public int EducationId
{ get { return _educationId;}
set { _educationId = value;} }
public string EstablishmentDetails
{ get { return _establishmentDetails;}
set { _establishmentDetails = value;} }
public string UcasSchoolCode
{ get { return _ucasSchoolCode;}
set { _ucasSchoolCode = value;} }
public DateTime? FromDate
{ get { return _fromDate;}
set { _fromDate = value;} }
public DateTime? ToDate
{ get { return _toDate;}
set { _toDate = value;} }
public string AttendanceType
{ get { return _attendanceType;}
set { _attendanceType = value;} }
public string AuditList
{ get { return _auditList;}
set { _auditList = value;} }
}
The error I am getting is:
There is an error in XML document (1, 2).
<ArrayOfEducation xmlns='http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/CovUni.Domain.Admissions'> was not expected.
Also if I call a web service call and get the singular Education response ie:
<Education xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/CovUni.Domain.Admissions" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><_auditList xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/CovUni.Common.Base" xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays"/><_apCode>670104552</_apCode><_attendanceType>FT</_attendanceType><_educationId>1</_educationId><_establishmentDetails>test school</_establishmentDetails><_fromDate>2016-11-01T00:00:00</_fromDate><_toDate>2016-11-22T00:00:00</_toDate><_ucasSchoolCode/></Education>
Surely I just need one Simple Education class on the client side that can deserialise from the 2 examples of xml i have provided ie array and non array
Can some of you kind souls let me know where i'm going wrong or if there's a better way of doing this?
Many Thanks
Change the Class to
[XmlRoot("ArrayOfEducation", Namespace = "http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/CovUni.Domain.Admissions")]
public class ArrayOfEducation
{
[XmlElement("Education")]
public List<ContainerEducation> education { get; set; }
}
public class ContainerEducation
{
[XmlElement(ElementName = "_apCode")]
public int _apCode { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "_educationId")]
public int _educationId { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "_establishmentDetails")]
public string _establishmentDetails { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "_ucasSchoolCode")]
public string _ucasSchoolCode { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "_fromDate")]
public DateTime? _fromDate { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "_toDate")]
public DateTime? _toDate { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "_attendanceType")]
public string _attendanceType { get; set; }
[XmlElement(ElementName = "_auditList", Namespace = "http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/CovUni.Common.Base")]
public string _auditList { get; set; }
}
And Deserialize below way. Now, when I run the code to deserialize your XML, I do get the objects filled nicely.
XmlSerializer mySerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ArrayOfEducation));
using (TextReader textReader = new StringReader(content))
{
ArrayOfEducation arrEdu = (ArrayOfEducation)mySerializer.Deserialize(textReader);
}
Update as per your comment: If you are sure that web service is going to send single Education then you need to change the class to
[XmlRoot("ArrayOfEducation", Namespace = "http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/CovUni.Domain.Admissions")]
public class ArrayOfEducation
{
[XmlElement("Education")]
public ContainerEducation education { get; set; }
}
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