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class System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchema
Assembly: System.Xml.ReaderWriter
Inheritance: object → XmlSchemaObject → XmlSchema
An in-memory representation of an XML Schema, as specified in the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) XML Schema Part 1: Structures and XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes].
Fields and Constants
public const
string
InstanceNamespace
The XML schema instance namespace. This field is constant.
public const
string
Namespace
The XML schema namespace. This field is constant.
Properties
public
XmlSchemaForm
AttributeFormDefault
Gets or sets the form for attributes declared in the target namespace of the schema.
public
XmlSchemaObjectTable
AttributeGroups
Gets the post-schema-compilation value of all the global attribute groups in the schema.
public
XmlSchemaObjectTable
Attributes
Gets the post-schema-compilation value for all the attributes in the schema.
public
XmlSchemaDerivationMethod
BlockDefault
Gets or sets the <see langword="blockDefault" /> attribute, which sets the default value of the <see langword="block" /> attribute on element and complex types in the <see langword="targetNamespace" /> of the schema.
public
XmlSchemaForm
ElementFormDefault
Gets or sets the form for elements declared in the target namespace of the schema.
public
XmlSchemaObjectTable
Elements
Gets the post-schema-compilation value for all the elements in the schema.
public
XmlSchemaDerivationMethod
FinalDefault
Gets or sets the <see langword="finalDefault" /> attribute, which sets the default value of the <see langword="final" /> attribute on elements and complex types in the target namespace of the schema.
public
XmlSchemaObjectTable
Groups
Gets the post-schema-compilation value of all the groups in the schema.
public
string
Id
Gets or sets the string ID.
public
XmlSchemaObjectCollection
Includes
Gets the collection of included and imported schemas.
public
bool
IsCompiled
Indicates if the schema has been compiled.
public
XmlSchemaObjectCollection
Items
Gets the collection of schema elements in the schema and is used to add new element types at the <see langword="schema" /> element level.
public
XmlSchemaObjectTable
Notations
Gets the post-schema-compilation value for all notations in the schema.
public
XmlSchemaObjectTable
SchemaTypes
Gets the post-schema-compilation value of all schema types in the schema.
public
string
TargetNamespace
Gets or sets the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the schema target namespace.
public
XmlAttribute[]
UnhandledAttributes
Gets or sets the qualified attributes which do not belong to the schema target namespace.
public
string
Version
Gets or sets the version of the schema.
public
int
LineNumber
Gets or sets the line number in the file to which the <see langword="schema" /> element refers.
public
int
LinePosition
Gets or sets the line position in the file to which the <see langword="schema" /> element refers.
Namespaces
Gets or sets the <see cref="T:System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializerNamespaces" /> to use with this schema object.
public
XmlSchemaObject
Parent
Gets or sets the parent of this <see cref="T:System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaObject" /> .
public
string
SourceUri
Gets or sets the source location for the file that loaded the schema.
Methods
public
void
Compile(ValidationEventHandler validationEventHandler)
Compiles the XML Schema Object Model (SOM) into schema information for validation. Used to check the syntactic and semantic structure of the programmatically built SOM. Semantic validation checking is performed during compilation.
validationEventHandler
The validation event handler that receives information about XML Schema validation errors.
public
void
Compile(ValidationEventHandler validationEventHandler,
XmlResolver resolver)
Compiles the XML Schema Object Model (SOM) into schema information for validation. Used to check the syntactic and semantic structure of the programmatically built SOM. Semantic validation checking is performed during compilation.
validationEventHandler
The validation event handler that receives information about the XML Schema validation errors.
resolver
The <see langword="XmlResolver" /> used to resolve namespaces referenced in <see langword="include" /> and <see langword="import" /> elements.
public static
XmlSchema
Read(IO.Stream stream,
ValidationEventHandler validationEventHandler)
Reads an XML Schema from the supplied stream.
Returns The <see cref="T:System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchema" /> object representing the XML Schema.
stream
The supplied data stream.
validationEventHandler
The validation event handler that receives information about XML Schema syntax errors.
public static
XmlSchema
Read(IO.TextReader reader,
ValidationEventHandler validationEventHandler)
Reads an XML Schema from the supplied <see cref="T:System.IO.TextReader" /> .
Returns The <see cref="T:System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchema" /> object representing the XML Schema.
reader
The <see langword="TextReader" /> containing the XML Schema to read.
validationEventHandler
The validation event handler that receives information about the XML Schema syntax errors.
public static
XmlSchema
Read(XmlReader reader,
ValidationEventHandler validationEventHandler)
Reads an XML Schema from the supplied <see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlReader" /> .
Returns The <see cref="T:System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchema" /> object representing the XML Schema.
reader
The <see langword="XmlReader" /> containing the XML Schema to read.
validationEventHandler
The validation event handler that receives information about the XML Schema syntax errors.
stream
The supplied data stream.
public
void
Write(IO.Stream stream,
XmlNamespaceManager? namespaceManager)
Writes the XML Schema to the supplied <see cref="T:System.IO.Stream" /> using the <see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager" /> specified.
stream
The supplied data stream.
namespaceManager
The <see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager" /> .
public
void
Write(IO.TextWriter writer)
Writes the XML Schema to the supplied <see cref="T:System.IO.TextWriter" /> .
writer
The <see cref="T:System.IO.TextWriter" /> to write to.
public
void
Write(IO.TextWriter writer,
XmlNamespaceManager? namespaceManager)
Writes the XML Schema to the supplied <see cref="T:System.IO.TextWriter" /> .
writer
The <see cref="T:System.IO.TextWriter" /> to write to.
namespaceManager
The <see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager" /> .
public
void
Write(XmlWriter writer)
Writes the XML Schema to the supplied <see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlWriter" /> .
writer
The <see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlWriter" /> to write to.
public
void
Write(XmlWriter writer,
XmlNamespaceManager? namespaceManager)
Writes the XML Schema to the supplied <see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlWriter" /> .
writer
The <see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlWriter" /> to write to.
namespaceManager
The <see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager" /> .
public
bool
Equals(object obj)
Inherited from object
protected
void
Finalize()
Inherited from object
public
int
GetHashCode()
Inherited from object
protected
object
MemberwiseClone()
Inherited from object
public
string
ToString()
Inherited from object