Discrepancies in deserialization of valid xml files with System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer_问答_开发者

A fairly involved question, so thanks in advance. The following two xml files both validate against the given schemas, but on attempting to deserialize using .Net's XmlSerializer only the first does so correctly:

<ex:iso_10303_28 xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL" version="2.0" xmlns:ex="urn:iso.org:standard:10303:part(28):version(2):xmlschema:common">
  <ex:iso_10303_28_header>
    <ex:name>An Example</ex:name>
    <ex:time_stamp>2010-11-12T13:04:00</ex:time_stamp>
    <ex:author>John Hancock</ex:author>
    <ex:organization>MegaCorp</ex:organization>
    <ex:preprocessor_version>a preprocessor</ex:preprocessor_version>
    <ex:originating_system>IfcXml dotNet Library</ex:originating_system>
    <ex:authorization>none</ex:authorization>
    <ex:documentation>documentation</ex:documentation>
  </ex:iso_10303_28_header>
  <ex:uos xsi:type="uos" id="uos_1" configuration="i-ifc2x3">
    <ex:Entity xsi:type="IfcOrganization" id="i1101">
      <Id xsi:nil="true" />
      <Name>MegaCorp</Name>
      <Description xsi:nil="true" />
      <Roles xsi:nil="true" />
      <Addresses xsi:nil="true" />
    </e开发者_开发百科x:Entity>
    <ex:Entity xsi:type="IfcCartesianPoint" id="i101">
      <Coordinates ex:itemType="ifc:IfcLengthMeasure" ex:cType="list">
        <IfcLengthMeasure>2500</IfcLengthMeasure>
        <IfcLengthMeasure>0</IfcLengthMeasure>
        <IfcLengthMeasure>0</IfcLengthMeasure>
      </Coordinates>
    </ex:Entity>
    <ex:Entity xsi:type="IfcDirection" id="i102">
      <DirectionRatios ex:itemType="ex:double-wrapper" ex:cType="list">
        <ex:double-wrapper>0</ex:double-wrapper>
        <ex:double-wrapper>1</ex:double-wrapper>
        <ex:double-wrapper>0</ex:double-wrapper>
      </DirectionRatios>
    </ex:Entity>
  </ex:uos>
</ex:iso_10303_28>

but the second file does not deserialize correctly, in the below (iso_10303_28.uos as uos1).Items is deserialized as null:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ex:iso_10303_28
    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:ex=
    "urn:iso.org:standard:10303:part(28):version(2):xmlschema:common"
    xmlns="http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL
    http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL/IFC2x3.xsd"
    version="2.0">
    <ex:iso_10303_28_header>
        <ex:name>An Example</ex:name>
        <ex:time_stamp>2010-11-12T13:04:00</ex:time_stamp>
        <ex:author>John Hancock</ex:author>
        <ex:organization>MegaCorp</ex:organization>
        <ex:preprocessor_version>a preprocessor</ex:preprocessor_version>
        <ex:originating_system>IfcXml dotNet Library</ex:originating_system>
        <ex:authorization>none</ex:authorization>
        <ex:documentation>documentation</ex:documentation>
    </ex:iso_10303_28_header>
    <uos id="uos_1" description="" configuration="i-ifc2x3" edo="">
        <IfcOrganization id="i1101">
            <Name>MegaCorp</Name>
        </IfcOrganization>
        <IfcCartesianPoint id="i101">
            <Coordinates>
                <IfcLengthMeasure>2500.0</IfcLengthMeasure>
                <IfcLengthMeasure>0.0</IfcLengthMeasure>
                <IfcLengthMeasure>0.0</IfcLengthMeasure>
            </Coordinates>
        </IfcCartesianPoint>
        <IfcDirection id="i102">
            <DirectionRatios>
                <ex:double-wrapper>0.</ex:double-wrapper>
                <ex:double-wrapper>1.</ex:double-wrapper>
                <ex:double-wrapper>0.</ex:double-wrapper>
            </DirectionRatios>
        </IfcDirection>
    </uos>
</ex:iso_10303_28>

My deserializer is essentially:

iso_10303_28 deserialized = (iso_10303_28)serializer.Deserialize( reader );

//using NUnit
Assert.IsNotNull(deserialized);
Assert.IsNotNull(deserialized.uos);
uos1 uos1 = deserialized.uos as uos1;
Assert.IsNotNull(uos1);
Assert.IsNotNull(uos1.Items); //<---FAILS HERE
Assert.AreEqual(3, uos1.Items.length);

The uos class is:

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(TypeName="uos", Namespace="http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute("uos", Namespace="http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL", IsNullable=false)]
public partial class uos1 : uos {

    private Entity[] itemsField;

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Entity", Namespace="urn:iso.org:standard:10303:part(28):version(2):xmlschema:common")]
    public Entity[] Items {
        get {
            return this.itemsField;
        }
        set {
            this.itemsField = value;
        }
    }
}

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIncludeAttribute(typeof(uos1))]    
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute( Namespace="urn:iso.org:standard:10303:part(28):version(2):xmlschema:common")]
public partial class uos {

    private string idField;

    private string[] expressField;

    private string[] configurationField;

    private string[] schemaLocationField;

    private string edoField;

    private string descriptionField;

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute(DataType="ID")]
    public string id {
        get {
            return this.idField;
        }
        set {
            this.idField = value;
        }
    }

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute(DataType="anyURI")]
    public string[] express {
        get {
            return this.expressField;
        }
        set {
            this.expressField = value;
        }
    }

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute(DataType="anyURI")]
    public string[] configuration {
        get {
            return this.configurationField;
        }
        set {
            this.configurationField = value;
        }
    }

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute(DataType="anyURI")]
    public string[] schemaLocation {
        get {
            return this.schemaLocationField;
        }
        set {
            this.schemaLocationField = value;
        }
    }

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute(DataType="anyURI")]
    public string edo {
        get {
            return this.edoField;
        }
        set {
            this.edoField = value;
        }
    }

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
    public string description {
        get {
            return this.descriptionField;
        }
        set {
            this.descriptionField = value;
        }
    }
}

The class for iso_10303_28 is as follows:

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType=true, Namespace="urn:iso.org:standard:10303:part(28):version(2):xmlschema:common")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace="urn:iso.org:standard:10303:part(28):version(2):xmlschema:common", IsNullable=false)]
public partial class iso_10303_28 {

    private iso_10303_28_header iso_10303_28_headerField;

    private uos uosField;

    private string versionField;

    /// <remarks/>
    public iso_10303_28_header iso_10303_28_header {
        get {
            return this.iso_10303_28_headerField;
        }
        set {
            this.iso_10303_28_headerField = value;
        }
    }

    public enum uosChoice
    {
        [XmlEnum("http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL:uos")]
        uos1,
        [XmlEnum("urn:iso.org:standard:10303:part(28):version(2):xmlschema:common:uos")]
        uos
    }

    [XmlIgnore()]
    public uosChoice uosChoiceField;

    [XmlChoiceIdentifier("uosChoiceField")]
    [XmlElement(ElementName = "uos", Namespace = "http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL", Type = typeof(uos1))]
    [XmlElement(ElementName = "uos", Namespace = "urn:iso.org:standard:10303:part(28):version(2):xmlschema:common")]
    public uos uos {
        get {
            return this.uosField;
        }
        set {
            this.uosField = value;
        }
    }

    /// <remarks/>
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
    public string version {
        get {
            return this.versionField;
        }
        set {
            this.versionField = value;
        }
    }
}

Has anyone come across this issue before? Is there a reason for this? Have I missed something? is there a fix or workaround?

As the schemas and rest of the code is fairly large in size, and trying to simplify them down to the minimum failing part caused more problems (see this question) I've not pasted them here. However, if required, schemas, unit tests and source for this issue can be found at http://code.google.com/p/ifc-dotnet/

The two XML files aren't the same, in file-1 uso is qualified under ex so it is under "urn:iso.org:standard:10303:part(28):version(2):xmlschema:common" namespace, while in second it is not and is under default namespace.

In class 'iso_10303_28' property uos of type uos which means that XmlSerializer will expect elements with name 'uos' (by default) under the same namespace as that of iso_10303_28 and 'xsi:type' 'uos' as described by class 'uos'- under the same - "urn:iso.org:standard:10303:part(28):version(2):xmlschema:common" namespace. So this explains why you get null in second xml. If you have no control over xml - and should you be able to deserialize either of them, try following

Type uos has no knowledge of type uos1 unless specified by XmlInclude attribute. I think what you've additionally added an XmlInclude attribute on uos class to include uos1 as a known type. If not - the serializer won't de-serialize first file. If not - you should do that as below

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlInclude(typeof(uos1))] [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(Namespace = "urn:iso.org:standard:10303:part(28):version(2):xmlschema:common")] public partial class uos {
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}
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You can add XmlElement attributes for property iso_10303_28.uos to accept names under either namespace - and use a choice identifier or use 'uos[]' as type instead of 'uos'. With choice identifier - it can be done as

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "urn:iso.org:standard:10303:part(28):version(2):xmlschema:common", IsNullable = false)] public partial class iso_10303_28 { private uos uosField;

    public enum uosChoice
    {
        [XmlEnum("http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL:uos")]
        uos,
        [XmlEnum("urn:iso.org:standard:10303:part(28):version(2):xmlschema:common:uos")]
        uos1
    }

    [XmlIgnore]
    public uosChoice uosChoiceField;

    [XmlChoiceIdentifier("uosChoiceField")]
    [XmlElement(ElementName = "uos", Namespace = "http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL", Type = typeof(uos1))]
    [XmlElement(ElementName = "uos", Namespace = "urn:iso.org:standard:10303:part(28):version(2):xmlschema:common")]
    public uos uos
    {
        get
        {
            return this.uosField;
        }
        set
        {
            this.uosField = value;
        }
    }


}

EDIT: To parse Items correctly, modify uos1 like this

 [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(TypeName = "uos", Namespace = "http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL")]
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute("uos", Namespace = "http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL", IsNullable = false)]
    public partial class uos1 : uos
    {
        private Entity[] itemsField;

        /// <remarks/>
        [XmlElement(ElementName = "Entity", Namespace = "urn:iso.org:standard:10303:part(28):version(2):xmlschema:common", Type = typeof(Entity))]
        [XmlElement(ElementName = "IfcOrganization", Namespace = "http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL", Type = typeof(IfcOrganization))]
        [XmlElement(ElementName = "IfcCartesianPoint", Namespace = "http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL", Type = typeof(IfcCartesianPoint))]
        [XmlElement(ElementName = "IfcDirection", Namespace = "http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL", Type = typeof(IfcDirection))]
        public Entity[] Items
        {
            get
            {
                return this.itemsField;
            }
            set
            {
                this.itemsField = value;
            }
        }

    }

 [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(TypeName = "IfcOrganization", Namespace = "http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL")]
    public class IfcOrganization : Entity
    {

    }

    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(TypeName = "IfcCartesianPoint", Namespace = "http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL")]
    public class IfcCartesianPoint : Entity
    {

    }

    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(TypeName = "IfcDirection", Namespace = "http://www.iai-tech.org/ifcXML/IFC2x3/FINAL")]
    public class IfcDirection : Entity
    {

    }

    [XmlInclude(typeof(IfcOrganization))]
    [XmlInclude(typeof(IfcCartesianPoint))]
    [XmlInclude(typeof(IfcDirection))]
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(TypeName = "Entity", Namespace = "urn:iso.org:standard:10303:part(28):version(2):xmlschema:common")]
    public class Entity
    {

    }