Given the XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Response Version="3">
<Status StatusCode="Test">Some Value</Status>
</Response>
What is the correct way to structure the Status class so that the System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer will parse the given XML into the status class correctly?
I am currently receiving this structure of XML from a third party and there is no chance that they will change the formatting.
My attempt at the response class looks like:
<XmlRoot(ElementName:="Response")> Public Class clsResponse
<XmlAttribute(AttributeName:="Version"), DefaultValue(0)> Public Property intVersion() As Integer
<XmlElement(ElementName:="Status", Type:=GetType(clsStatus), Order:=2)> Public Property strStatus() As clsStatus
End Class
And the status class:
<XmlRoot(ElementName:="Status")> Public Class clsStatus
<XmlAttribute(AttributeName:="StatusCode")> Public Property strStatusCode() As String
<XmlElement(ElementName:="Status", Order:=1)> Public Property strStatus() As String
End Class
Unfortunately this is resulting in the strStatus always being blank. All the examples I've been able to find online do not have a string value in the <Status> node, there are always sub nodes that make up the contents of the equivalent to the <Status> node.
Note: I've cut out a bunch of stuff from the XML and the code in an attempt to only include the relevant pieces. If I've cut out too much please let me know and I will supply any other needed information.
You need to add another class for Status element, since it contains more than one member.
Public Class Response
<XmlAttribute> Public Version As Integer
Public Status As Status
End Class
Public Class Status
<XmlAttribute> Public StatusCode As String
<XmlText> Public Text As String
End Class
You can use properties as well as rename members as needed and decorate them with output names in xml attributes.