XmlSchemaGroup Class

Represents the group element from XML Schema as specified by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). This class defines groups at the schema level that are referenced from the complex types. It groups a set of element declarations so that they can be incorporated as a group into complex type definitions.

Namespace: System.Xml.Schema
Assembly: System.Xml (in system.xml.dll)

'Declaration
Public Class XmlSchemaGroup
	Inherits XmlSchemaAnnotated
'Usage
Dim instance As XmlSchemaGroup

public class XmlSchemaGroup extends XmlSchemaAnnotated
public class XmlSchemaGroup extends XmlSchemaAnnotated

The following example shows the use of the XmlSchemaGroup class.

Option Explicit On
Option Strict On

Imports System
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.Schema

Class XMLSchemaExamples

    Public Shared Sub Main()

        Dim schema As New XmlSchema()

        ' <xs:element name="thing1" type="xs:string"/>
        Dim elementThing1 As New XmlSchemaElement()
        schema.Items.Add(elementThing1)
        elementThing1.Name = "thing1"
        elementThing1.SchemaTypeName = New XmlQualifiedName("string", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")

        ' <xs:element name="thing2" type="xs:string"/>
        Dim elementThing2 As New XmlSchemaElement()
        schema.Items.Add(elementThing2)
        elementThing2.Name = "thing2"
        elementThing2.SchemaTypeName = New XmlQualifiedName("string", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")

        ' <xs:element name="thing3" type="xs:string"/>
        Dim elementThing3 As New XmlSchemaElement()
        schema.Items.Add(elementThing3)
        elementThing3.Name = "thing3"
        elementThing3.SchemaTypeName = New XmlQualifiedName("string", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")

        ' <xs:attribute name="myAttribute" type="xs:decimal"/>
        Dim myAttribute As New XmlSchemaAttribute()
        schema.Items.Add(myAttribute)
        myAttribute.Name = "myAttribute"
        myAttribute.SchemaTypeName = New XmlQualifiedName("decimal", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")

        ' <xs:group name="myGroupOfThings">
        Dim myGroupOfThings As New XmlSchemaGroup()
        schema.Items.Add(myGroupOfThings)
        myGroupOfThings.Name = "myGroupOfThings"

        ' <xs:sequence>
        Dim sequence As New XmlSchemaSequence()
        myGroupOfThings.Particle = sequence

        ' <xs:element ref="thing1"/>
        Dim elementThing1Ref As New XmlSchemaElement()
        sequence.Items.Add(elementThing1Ref)
        elementThing1Ref.RefName = New XmlQualifiedName("thing1")

        ' <xs:element ref="thing2"/>
        Dim elementThing2Ref As New XmlSchemaElement()
        sequence.Items.Add(elementThing2Ref)
        elementThing2Ref.RefName = New XmlQualifiedName("thing2")

        ' <xs:element ref="thing3"/>
        Dim elementThing3Ref As New XmlSchemaElement()
        sequence.Items.Add(elementThing3Ref)
        elementThing3Ref.RefName = New XmlQualifiedName("thing3")

        ' <xs:complexType name="myComplexType">
        Dim myComplexType As New XmlSchemaComplexType()
        schema.Items.Add(myComplexType)
        myComplexType.Name = "myComplexType"

        ' <xs:group ref="myGroupOfThings"/>
        Dim myGroupOfThingsRef As New XmlSchemaGroupRef()
        myComplexType.Particle = myGroupOfThingsRef
        myGroupOfThingsRef.RefName = New XmlQualifiedName("myGroupOfThings")

        ' <xs:attribute ref="myAttribute"/>
        Dim myAttributeRef As New XmlSchemaAttribute()
        myComplexType.Attributes.Add(myAttributeRef)
        myAttributeRef.RefName = New XmlQualifiedName("myAttribute")

        Dim schemaSet As New XmlSchemaSet()
        AddHandler schemaSet.ValidationEventHandler, AddressOf ValidationCallbackOne

        schemaSet.Add(schema)
        schemaSet.Compile()

        Dim compiledSchema As XmlSchema = Nothing

        For Each schema1 As XmlSchema In schemaSet.Schemas()
            compiledSchema = schema1
        Next

        Dim nsmgr As New XmlNamespaceManager(New NameTable())
        nsmgr.AddNamespace("xs", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema")
        compiledSchema.Write(Console.Out, nsmgr)
    End Sub 'Main


    Public Shared Sub ValidationCallbackOne(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As ValidationEventArgs)
        Console.WriteLine(args.Message)
    End Sub 'ValidationCallbackOne
End Class 'XMLSchemaExamples

The following XML file is generated for the preceding code example.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="IBM437"?>
<xs:schema  xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <xs:element name="thing1" type="xs:string"/>
    <xs:element name="thing2" type="xs:string"/>
    <xs:element name="thing3" type="xs:string"/>

    <xs:attribute name="myAttribute" type="xs:decimal"/>

    <xs:group name="myGroupOfThings">
     <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element ref="thing1"/>
      <xs:element ref="thing2"/>
      <xs:element ref="thing3"/>
     </xs:sequence>
    </xs:group>

    <xs:complexType name="myComplexType">
        <xs:group ref="myGroupOfThings"/>
        <xs:attribute ref="myAttribute"/>
    </xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 2.0

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