XML Serialization and Required Fields

let's say I have a class called foo:

Code:

public class foo
{
    public string name { get; set; }
    public string description { get; set; }
}

xsd.exe will generate a schema like so:

Code:

  <xs:element name="foo" nillable="true" type="foo" />
  <xs:complexType name="foo">
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="name" type="xs:string" />
      <xs:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" name="description" type="xs:string" />
    </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>

the trouble is those attributes that say

Code:

minOccurs="0"

meaning that they are optional.

what attribute can I add to my properties to make them requred?

I found my own answer.

apparently, if it's a property that contains a nullable type, it's implicitly optional. changing my class to the following:

Code:

public class foo
{
    public string name;
    public string description;
}

made the fields required.

Edit: actually that didn't work either, so I'm still in need of some advice.

I have no idea. But this might be what you want: Serialization in C# .NET II - XML Serialization - CodeProject


Quzah.

I saw that page, but it doesn't really address my question. thanks for trying anyway. I looked at just about every link in the first 3 pages of google for multiple queries.