Are there any tools to autogenerate C# classes from xml?

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We have xml from a REST API and are currently handwriting POCO's for them. I vaguely recall that there were tools to do this automagically in Visual Studio.

What is the best way to generate POCO's from XML?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '12 at 15:58

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You can use xsd.exe to do so.

To create an xsd file:

xsd file.xml /outputdir:"C:\Temp"

To create classes from the xsd file:

xsd file.xsd /classes /outputdir:"C:\Temp"

answered Jul 16 '12 at 15:58

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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xsd.exe might be what you are looking for.

This post shows how to make the c# class from the generated schema: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1133052/353147

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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answered Jul 16 '12 at 15:58

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Are there any tools to autogenerate C# classes from xml?

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