xsd.exe ignores cdata?

Question

I used xsd.exe from Microsoft SDKs to first generate a schema of an xml file and then generate a C# file of the previously generated xsd file. Here is my xml file:

<event topic="event.system.visualization.initialization.response" subject="CIBEK204Test0" producer="de.cibek.configurator" timeToLive="0" too="1351252459919" duration="0">
<payload>
    <![CDATA[
        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
            <building>
                <floor name="">
                    <location name="Wohnen">
                        <item category="event.environment.apartment.window" groupaddress="10248" location="Wohnen" location.floor="" location.specification="Mitte links"/>
                    </location>
                </floor>
            </building>
    ]]>
</payload>
<properties/>
<traces/>

Now the generated xsd:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xs:schema id="NewDataSet" xmlns="" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
<xs:element name="event">
 <xs:complexType>
  <xs:sequence>
    <xs:element name="payload" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="0" />
    <xs:element name="properties" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
    <xs:element name="traces" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
  </xs:sequence>
  <xs:attribute name="topic" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:attribute name="subject" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:attribute name="producer" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:attribute name="timeToLive" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:attribute name="too" type="xs:string" />
  <xs:attribute name="duration" type="xs:string" />
 </xs:complexType>
 </xs:element>
 <xs:element name="NewDataSet" msdata:IsDataSet="true" msdata:UseCurrentLocale="true">
  <xs:complexType>
  <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
    <xs:element ref="event" />
  </xs:choice>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>

And the generated cs file:

using System.Xml.Serialization;

// 
// This source code was auto-generated by xsd, Version=4.0.30319.17929.
// 


/// <remarks/>
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "4.0.30319.17929")]
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType=true)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace="", IsNullable=false)]
public partial class @event {

private string payloadField;

private string propertiesField;

private string tracesField;

private string topicField;

private string subjectField;

private string producerField;

private string timeToLiveField;

private string tooField;

private string durationField;

/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Form=System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified)]
public string payload {
    get {
        return this.payloadField;
    }
    set {
        this.payloadField = value;
    }
}

/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Form=System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified)]
public string properties {
    get {
        return this.propertiesField;
    }
    set {
        this.propertiesField = value;
    }
}

/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Form=System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified)]
public string traces {
    get {
        return this.tracesField;
    }
    set {
        this.tracesField = value;
    }
}

/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string topic {
    get {
        return this.topicField;
    }
    set {
        this.topicField = value;
    }
}

/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string subject {
    get {
        return this.subjectField;
    }
    set {
        this.subjectField = value;
    }
}

/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string producer {
    get {
        return this.producerField;
    }
    set {
        this.producerField = value;
    }
}

/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string timeToLive {
    get {
        return this.timeToLiveField;
    }
    set {
        this.timeToLiveField = value;
    }
}

/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string too {
    get {
        return this.tooField;
    }
    set {
        this.tooField = value;
    }
}

/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string duration {
    get {
        return this.durationField;
    }
    set {
        this.durationField = value;
    }
}
}

/// <remarks/>
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "4.0.30319.17929")]
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType=true)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace="", IsNullable=false)]
public partial class NewDataSet {

private @event[] itemsField;

/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("event")]
public @event[] Items {
    get {
        return this.itemsField;
    }
    set {
        this.itemsField = value;
    }
}
}

Now my question is: Why does xsd.exe ignore the embedded xml code in CDATA? Is there any possibility to force xsd.exe to NOT ignore CDATA? Or is it possible to generate 2 xsd and cs files and tell the first one (with event in it) that there is a CDATA node that has another xml file in it and link them in the generated code?

Sorry for the long post i hope anyone can help me :)

Answer 1

If CDATA is used, the parser ignores everything inside the CDATA section. If your aim is to get the section inside CDATA, please follow this link.

Getting CDATA XML Section Using Linq