c# - XML Serialization and Schema without xsd.exe

Question

I use XML serialization for the reading of my Config-POCOs.

To get intellisense support in Visual Studio for XML files I need a schema file. I can create the schema with xsd.exe mylibrary.dll and this works fine.

But I want that the schema is always created if I serialize an object to the file system. Is there any way without using xsd.exe?

Answer 1

thank you, this was the right way for me. solution:

XmlReflectionImporter importer = new XmlReflectionImporter();
XmlSchemas schemas = new XmlSchemas();
XmlSchemaExporter exporter = new XmlSchemaExporter(schemas);
Type type = toSerialize.GetType();
XmlTypeMapping map = importer.ImportTypeMapping(type);
exporter.ExportTypeMapping(map);

TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter(fileName + ".xsd");
schemas[0].Write(tw);
tw.Close();