I've got a schema loaded into a XmlSchema class. Via the elements
collection I can see all the elements defiend at the root of the
schema. How can I get the definition of a nested schema element?

Thanks.

Here's an example that shows how to traverse XmlSchema object.

void Start()
{
XmlSchemaComplexType complexType;
foreach (XmlSchemaType type in xs.SchemaTypes.Values)
{
complexType = type as XmlSchemaComplexType;
if (complexType != null)
TraverseParticle(complexType.ContentTypeParticle);
}

foreach (XmlSchemaElement el in xs.Elements.Values)
TraverseParticle(el);
}

void TraverseParticle(complexType.ContentTypeParticle)
{
if (particle is XmlSchemaElement)
{
XmlSchemaElement elem = particle as XmlSchemaElement;

if (elem.RefName.IsEmpty)
{
XmlSchemaType type = (XmlSchemaType)elem.ElementSchemaType;
XmlSchemaComplexType complexType = type as XmlSchemaComplexType;
if (complexType != null && complexType.Name == null)
TraverseParticle(complexType.ContentTypeParticle);
}
}
else if (particle is XmlSchemaGroupBase)
{ //xs:all, xs:choice, xs:sequence
XmlSchemaGroupBase baseParticle = particle as XmlSchemaGroupBase;
foreach (XmlSchemaParticle subParticle in baseParticle.Items)
TraverseParticle(subParticle);
}
}


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A thanks for the quick response. I think I get the gist of your code,
but I've never written any C# before so it's a little criptic. Do you
have a VB.Net example?

I don't have a VB example, but you can probably use one of the C# to VB
converters to get the code.

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