Create empty subtree from schema?

[Steve Marshall]

Hi All, I am working on a project which is based on XML data, with an
XML Schema also behind it in order to validate the data. In working
with the data I add and remove XML nodes all over the place, of
course. I've come across several situations where it would be really
nice to create a whole little subtree of empty XML elements without
having to build it up node by node. Surely there is a way to do
this? It occurred to me that I should be able to get the schema
object to generate such a thing if I give it an element name, since
the schema knows how the element and its descendants are all
structured. But thus far I haven't found a method that suggests this
is possible. Any tips? I'm using .NET 2.0 with Visual Studio 2005.

 

[Martin Honnen]

Hi All, I am working on a project which is based on XML data, with an
XML Schema also behind it in order to validate the data. In working
with the data I add and remove XML nodes all over the place, of
course. I've come across several situations where it would be really
nice to create a whole little subtree of empty XML elements without
having to build it up node by node. Surely there is a way to do
this? It occurred to me that I should be able to get the schema
object to generate such a thing if I give it an element name, since
the schema knows how the element and its descendants are all
structured. But thus far I haven't found a method that suggests this
is possible. Any tips? I'm using .NET 2.0 with Visual Studio 2005.

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