NAME¶
xsd - Mono's utility for generating schema or class files
SYNOPSIS¶
xsd <schema.xsd> /classes [options]
xsd <schema.xsd> /dataset [options]
xsd <assembly>.dll|<assembly>.exe [options]
xsd <instance.xml> [<instance.xml> ...] [options]
DESCRIPTION¶
xsd is a tool for intended to complement the XML serialization support of
Mono. It can do the following tasks:
- Generate serializable classes
- From a given XML schema, generate a class that can be used
to read and write xml documents that conform that schema (/classes
option).
- Generate typed datasets
- From a given XML schema, generate a typed DataSet class
that can be used to read and write xml documents that conform that schema
(/dataset option).
- Generate XML schemas
- From a given assembly and an optional type name, generate
an XML schema that can be used to validate the xml documents that can be
obtained by serializing objects of that type. If no type is provided, xsd
generates a schema for all types in the assembly. When specifying the
assembly name do not include the file extension (.dll or .exe). xsd will
look for the assembly using the standard assembly loading rules.
- Infer XML schemas
- From a given set of XML documents, infer the XML schema
that can be used to validate those documents.
OPTIONS¶
The following options are available:
- /element:name /e:name
- Specifies the name of the XML schema element for which a
class or a dataset has to be generated.
- /namespace:name /n:name
- Specifies the namespace of the XML schema element for which
a class or a dataset has to be generated.
- /language:name /l:name
- Specifies the programming language to use for the generated
code. The only supported languages are CS (C#) and VB (Visual
Basic.NET).
- /generator:type,assembly /g:type,assembly
- Indicates xsd.exe to use custom CodeDomProvider to generate
code. The type name must be full name. Assembly name is a local file name
that is going to be loaded. The specified Type must have the default
constructor.
- /outputdir:path /o:path
- Specifies the directory where to generate the code or
schemas.
- /type:name /t:name
- Specifies the full name of the type (including namespace)
for which to generate the XML schema.
- /help /h
- Show usage help.
AUTHORS¶
Lluis Sanchez Gual (lluis@ximian.com)
Atsushi Enomoto (atsushi@ximian.com)
LICENSE¶
xsd is released under the terms of the GNU GPL.
SEE ALSO¶
disco(1),
soapsuds(1),
mono(1),
mcs(1),
wsdl(1)