Question

I have an XSD.exe generated class. I am using a crude inversion of control. My test object worked until I added this fancy XML snippet:

  <items>
    <item>
      <model>1000</model>
      <description>Torque wrench</description>
      <material>1545454</material>
      <lot>3</lot>
      <serial></serial>
      <transferQty>1</transferQty>
      <shipQty></shipQty>
    </item>
    <item>
         //..item 2
    </item>
    <item>
          //...item 3
    </item>
  </items>
</itemOrder>

Now, GeneratedByXsdClass object creation is busted.

    GeneratedByXsdClass.items = new itemOrderItemsItem[][]{
        new itemOrderItemsItem[1][]//this hardcoded 1 bothers me.  better way?
        {
            new itemOrderItemsItem[]
            {
                new itemOrderItemsItem()
                {
                    model = "1000",
                    description = "Torque Wrench",
                    material = "10002525",
                    lot = "3",
                    serial = "",
                    transferQty = "1",
                    shipQty = ""
                }
            }
        }
    };

Compiler Error:

Error   3   Cannot implicitly convert type 'itemOrderItemsItem[][]' to 'itemOrderItemsItem[]'   

I’m open to modifying the xsd.exe generated class if that makes life easier. I really just want <item> to repeat N times.

Answer 1

Simplify your example down to this:

new int[][]{
    new int[1][]//this hardcoded 1 bothers me.  better way?
    {
        new int[]
        {
            4
        }
    }
}

Now you should be able to see what the problem is; you’re trying to put an int[][] inside an int[][], and the compiler is saying it expected a int[]. Remove the line with the comment:

new int[][]{
    new int[]
    {
        4
    }
}

This is the equivalent in your code:

GeneratedByXsdClass.items = new itemOrderItemsItem[][]{
    new itemOrderItemsItem[]
    {
        new itemOrderItemsItem()
        {
            model = "1000",
            description = "Torque Wrench",
            material = "10002525",
            lot = "3",
            serial = "",
            transferQty = "1",
            shipQty = ""
        }
    }
};