Question

So I am making this class in vb.net. This class will be serialized into a xml.

by using

< XmlElement(“Cookies”)> _

I can name the elements the way I want it to be.

  Private i_cookies As Integer
<XmlElement("Cookies")> _
Public Property Cookies() As Integer
    Get
        Return i_cookies 
    End Get
    Set(ByVal value As Integer)
        i_cookies = value
    End Set
End Property

The elements are easy to name. But the thing is that i now need to do something to make a sequence containing the elements and complextype containing the sequence and also name them appropriately.

Does anyone know how to do this ?

I keep thinking that I need to put my properties(which are the elements) into something(but I don’t know what) to represent as sequence and the sequence into something that represents as complextype.

Edit: I really have no idea how to formulate my question properly.

Edit(More information requested):
Below is the information on the way i want it to be, but the problem is that, i dont know how to add complextype and the sequence around the element and within the root in my class.

<root>
 <complexType name ="ShoppingList">
   <sequence>
     <element name="cookies"></element>
     ''More elements/product and such, but this isn't that difficult
   </sequence>
 </complexType>
<root>

Answer 1

I’m not sure what the exact structure you are trying to model. Here are some examples:

---

<ShoppingList>
    <Cookies>3</Cookies>
</ShoppingList>

is modeled by

<XmlType("ShoppingList")> _
Public Class ShoppingList
    <XmlElement("Cookies")> _
    Public Property Cookies As Integer
End Class

---

<ShoppingList>
    <Cookies>
        <Cookie>Chocolate Chip Cookies</Cookie>
        <Cookie>Brownies</Cookie>
    </Cookies>
</ShoppingList>

is modeled by

<XmlType("ShoppingList")> _
Public Class ShoppingList
    <XmlArray("Cookies")> _
    Public Property Cookies As List(Of Cookie)
End Class

Public Class Cookie
    <XmlText> _
    Public Property Name As String
End Class

or

<XmlType("ShoppingList")> _
Public Class ShoppingList
    <XmlArray("Cookies")> _
    <XmlArrayItem("Cookie")> _
    Public Property Cookies As List(Of String)
End Class