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XmlSchemaSequence Class

Represents the sequence element (compositor) from the XML Schema as specified by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The sequence requires the elements in the group to appear in the specified sequence within the containing element.

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

'Declaration
Public Class XmlSchemaSequence _
	Inherits XmlSchemaGroupBase
'Usage
Dim instance As XmlSchemaSequence

The following example shows the XmlSchemaSequence 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 used 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.

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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