Introduction to Model Driven Development with Sculpture – Part 1

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Reflection;

namespace DialogBox.Infrastructure.Library
{
    internal static class XmlValidationHelper
    {
        public static TRootElement DeserializeXml<TRootElement>(string xml, string xsdResourceName, string schemaUri)
        {
            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(TRootElement));

            using (XmlReader reader = GetValidatingReader(xml, xsdResourceName, schemaUri))
                return (TRootElement)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
        }

        public static XmlReader GetValidatingReader(string xml, string xsdResourceName, string schemaUri)
        {
            Stream stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(String.Format("{1}.{0}", xsdResourceName, typeof(XmlValidationHelper).Namespace));
            XmlTextReader schemaReader = new XmlTextReader(stream);
            stream.Dispose();

            XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
            settings.Schemas.Add(schemaUri, schemaReader);
            StringReader xmlStringReader = new StringReader(xml);
            XmlReader catalogReader = XmlReader.Create(xmlStringReader, settings);

            return catalogReader;
        }
    }
}