XML Schema question

Let's say I have an XML document in the following format:

Code:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Document>
  <Object>
    <Child1>
      <SomeData></SomeData>
    </Child1>
    <Child2>
      <SomeData></SomeData>
    </Child2>
    <Child3>
      <SomeData></SomeData>
    </Child3>
  </Object>
  <Object>
    <Child1>
      <SomeData></SomeData>
    </Child1>
  </Object>
</Document>

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The XML schema for this file looks like this:

Code:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xs:schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <xs:element name="Document">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" name="Object">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="Child1">
                <xs:complexType>
                  <xs:sequence>
                    <xs:element name="SomeData" />
                  </xs:sequence>
                </xs:complexType>
              </xs:element>
              <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="Child2">
                <xs:complexType>
                  <xs:sequence>
                    <xs:element name="SomeData" />
                  </xs:sequence>
                </xs:complexType>
              </xs:element>
              <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="Child3">
                <xs:complexType>
                  <xs:sequence>
                    <xs:element name="SomeData" />
                  </xs:sequence>
                </xs:complexType>
              </xs:element>
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

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is there a way to modify the XML schema file to recognize the individual <Child*> elements, but treat them as an array of <Child> elements (minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded") in code (C#) generated from the schema?

Doesn't xsd do this for you? If I remember correctly if your schema is correct xsd will create arrays for you. However there is a bug in xsd that causes multiple definitions to occur.

the problem is with the fact that the elements are Child1, Child2, Child3, etc. xsd just sees them as independent elements, and doesn't know to put them into an array.