Convert XML/ JSON File To C# Class

In this blog, I am going to explain how to convert XML/JSON file to C# class.

 

Recently, I faced the problem that I had a big file in JSON format but I needed it in C# class. So, I found a quick solution in Visual Studio.

This is very easy and requires only 3 steps to do it.

 

First of all, it requires Visual Studio 2012+.

 

The 3 steps are as follows.

 

Step 1

Copy the XML file data.

<address>  

   <to>SKN</to>  

   <from>LKO</from>  

</address>  

Step 2

Add new, empty class file and put your XML data here and copy this data.

 

Step 3

Open that file and in menu, go to  Edit >> Paste Special >> Paste XML As Classes.

 

 

 

Result

1. [System.SerializableAttribute()]  

2. [System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]  

3. [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]  

4. [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "", IsNullable = false)]  

5. public partial class address  

6. {  

7.   

8.     private string toField;  

9.   

10.     private string fromField;  

11.   

12.     /// <remarks/>  

13.     public string to  

14.     {  

15.         get { return this.toField; }  

16.         set { this.toField = value; }  

17.     }  

18.   

19.     /// <remarks/>  

20.     public string from  

21.     {  

22.         get { return this.fromField; }  

23.         set { this.fromField = value; }  

24.     }  

25. }  

 

 

Note

While choosing the Edit > Paste Special menu, ensure that the Visual Studio venture that your class record is under, has its 'Objective Framework' set to .NET Framework 3.5+ for 'Glue JSON as Classes' and .NET Framework 4.5+ for 'Glue XML as Classes'; otherwise, these choices don't show up.