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

[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "", IsNullable = false)]
public partial class address
{

    private string toField;

    private string fromField;

    /// <remarks/>
    public string to
    {
        get { return this.toField; }
        set { this.toField = value; }
    }

    /// <remarks/>
    public string from
    {
        get { return this.fromField; }
        set { this.fromField = value; }
    }
}

 

 

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.