XmlSerializer.UnknownElement Event
Occurs when the XmlSerializer encounters an XML element of unknown type during deserialization.
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
By default, after calling the Deserialize method, the XmlSerializer ignores XML attributes of unknown types. However, you can use this event to handle such node types.
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If the XmlAnyElementAttribute is applied to a field that returns an array of XmlElement objects, all unknown elements are collected in the array. In that case, the UnknownElement event does not occur. |
The following example deserializes a class named Group from a file named UnknownElements.xml. Whenever an element is found in the file that has no corresponding member in the class, the UnknownElement event occurs. To try the example, paste the following XML code into a file named UnknownElements.xml.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Group xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> <GroupName>MyGroup</GroupName> <GroupSize>Large</GroupSize> <GroupNumber>444</GroupNumber> <GroupBase>West</GroupBase> </Group>
Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Xml.Serialization Imports System.Xml Imports System.Xml.Schema Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Public Class Group Public GroupName As String End Class Public Class Test Shared Sub Main() Dim t As Test = new Test() ' Deserialize the file containing unknown elements. t.DeserializeObject("UnknownElements.xml") End Sub Private Sub Serializer_UnknownElement _ (sender As Object , e As XmlElementEventArgs) Console.WriteLine("Unknown Element") Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab & e.Element.Name + " " & e.Element.InnerXml) Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab & e.LineNumber & ":" & e.LineNumber) Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Tab & e.LinePosition & ":" & e.LinePosition) Dim x As Group = CType( e.ObjectBeingDeserialized, Group) Console.WriteLine (x.GroupName) Console.WriteLine (sender.ToString()) End Sub Private Sub DeserializeObject(filename As String) Dim ser As XmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(GetType(Group)) ' Add a delegate to handle unknown element events. AddHandler ser.UnknownElement, _ AddressOf Serializer_UnknownElement ' A FileStream is needed to read the XML document. Dim fs As FileStream = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open) Dim g As Group = CType(ser.Deserialize(fs),Group) fs.Close() End Sub End Class
Available since 1.1
XmlAnyElementAttribute
UnknownNode
UnknownAttribute
XmlAttributes
XmlSerializer Class
System.Xml.Serialization Namespace
Introducing XML Serialization
How to: Specify an Alternate Element Name for an XML Stream
Controlling XML Serialization Using Attributes
Examples of XML Serialization
XML Schema Definition Tool (Xsd.exe)
