Complex Nested XML

[dpdoug]

This is part of an XML file that I need to build programatically. I am building it with the XMLTextWriter object in .NET -- which is a great tool for what I'm doing. The problem is that the nesting in this is so complex and so deep, that it never nests them right and I can never seem to get all of the objects in the right order to get them to nest exactly correct.

Any suggestions?

<OrderDetail>
 <ListOfItemDetail>
  <ItemDetail>
   <PricingDetail>
    <ListOfPrice>
     <Price>
      <UnitPrice>
        <UnitPriceValue>450</UnitPriceValue>
	<UnitOfMeasurement>
	  <UOMCoded>EA</UOMCoded>
	</UnitOfMeasurement>
      </UnitPrice>
      <PriceBasisQuantity>
	<Quantity>
	  <QuantityValue>1</QuantityValue>
	</Quantity>
      </PriceBasisQuantity>
      <ValidityDates>
	<StartDate>2/25/2005</StartDate>
	<EndDate>3/27/2005</EndDate>
       </ValidityDates>
     </Price>
    </ListOfPrice>
    <TotalValue>
      <MonetaryValue>
        <MonetaryAmount>450</MonetaryAmount>
      </MonetaryValue>
    </TotalValue>
   </PricingDetail>
 <BaseItemDetail>
   <LineItemNum>
     <BuyerLineItemNum>12354</BuyerLineItemNum>
   </LineItemNum>
   <ItemIdentifiers>
    <PartNumbers>
     <SellerPartNumber>
       <PartNum>
         <PartID>100-1520</PartID>
       </PartNum>
     </SellerPartNumber>
    </PartNumbers>
    <ItemDescription>Backhoe</ItemDescription>
   </ItemIdentifiers>
</BaseItemDetail>
</ItemDetail>
</ListOfItemDetail>
</OrderDetail>

 

[chiph]

I would break it up into separate methods within your class, passing the XmlTextWriter object between them. That way you don't lose track of your open element/close element code.

So, one method for OrderDetail, and another for ListOfPrice, TotalValue, PricingDetail, BaseItemDetail, and ItemIdentifiers.

Chip H.


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