The Mapping Designer provides generic generation of C# classes from XML file or XML schema file. This can then be done, for example with Microsoft Visual Studio into a DLL assembly, which can then be used as a new object class in eBiss.

Note: The eBiss module Typ-Editor provides the appropriate tools for this.

Create a new temporary mapping according to Creating Mappings. In the mapping editor, click the button source object¹⁾ and then in the submenu Generate Assembly from XML to open the example XML file via file selection dialog.
After the file has been selected and confirmed for loading, the dialog for handling double type declarations appears:

Here you can decide whether to combine duplicate type declarations or not.
By default, you should select “Yes”, i. e. the summary of the type declarations.

If the XML file contained valid XML, the generation should be successfully confirmed with this infobox:

In the Mapping Editor, the Object definition appears on the left-hand side of the screen, which in principle is also available immediately to be instantiated with test data. \

Note: The DLL assembly was created in the directory… \eBiss 3\temp as NewSourceObject_1 ²⁾. dll and can theoretically be used as a plugin. This is not recommended, however, as the genericNamespace is not useful and is usually You need to make further adjustments to the source code in order to adapt the object to the specific needs of eBiss.

Now the source code can also be saved as CS ³⁾ file.
In the mapping editor, click the button Source object⁴⁾ and then in the submenu Generate source code and then name and save the CS file via file selection dialog.

The generation of mapping objects fromXSD schemas is the preferred variant, since an XSD file contains the complete data element specifications as a schema description.
However, the procedure remains the same as for generation via XML file.

As an example, the books.xml is used. This XML file has the following content:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<catalog>
   <book id="bk101">
      <author>Gambardella, Matthew</author>
      <title>XML Developer's Guide</title>
      <genre>Computer</genre>
      <price>44.95</price>
      <publish_date>2000-10-01</publish_date>
      <description>An in-depth look at creating applications 
      with XML.</description>
   </book>
   <book id="bk102">
      <author>Ralls, Kim</author>
      <title>Midnight Rain</title>
      <genre>Fantasy</genre>
      <price>5.95</price>
      <publish_date>2000-12-16</publish_date>
      <description>A former architect battles corporate zombies, 
      an evil sorceress, and her own childhood to become queen 
      of the world.</description>
   </book>
   <book id="bk103">
      <author>Corets, Eva</author>
      <title>Maeve Ascendant</title>
      <genre>Fantasy</genre>
      <price>5.95</price>
      <publish_date>2000-11-17</publish_date>
      <description>After the collapse of a nanotechnology 
      society in England, the young survivors lay the 
      foundation for a new society.</description>
   </book>
   <book id="bk104">
      <author>Corets, Eva</author>
      <title>Oberon's Legacy</title>
      <genre>Fantasy</genre>
      <price>5.95</price>
      <publish_date>2001-03-10</publish_date>
      <description>In post-apocalypse England, the mysterious 
      agent known only as Oberon helps to create a new life 
      for the inhabitants of London. Sequel to Maeve 
      Ascendant.</description>
   </book>
   <book id="bk105">
      <author>Corets, Eva</author>
      <title>The Sundered Grail</title>
      <genre>Fantasy</genre>
      <price>5.95</price>
      <publish_date>2001-09-10</publish_date>
      <description>The two daughters of Maeve, half-sisters, 
      battle one another for control of England. Sequel to 
      Oberon's Legacy.</description>
   </book>
   <book id="bk106">
      <author>Randall, Cynthia</author>
      <title>Lover Birds</title>
      <genre>Romance</genre>
      <price>4.95</price>
      <publish_date>2000-09-02</publish_date>
      <description>When Carla meets Paul at an ornithology 
      conference, tempers fly as feathers get ruffled.</description>
   </book>
   <book id="bk107">
      <author>Thurman, Paula</author>
      <title>Splish Splash</title>
      <genre>Romance</genre>
      <price>4.95</price>
      <publish_date>2000-11-02</publish_date>
      <description>A deep sea diver finds true love twenty 
      thousand leagues beneath the sea.</description>
   </book>
   <book id="bk108">
      <author>Knorr, Stefan</author>
      <title>Creepy Crawlies</title>
      <genre>Horror</genre>
      <price>4.95</price>
      <publish_date>2000-12-06</publish_date>
      <description>An anthology of horror stories about roaches,
      centipedes, scorpions  and other insects.</description>
   </book>
   <book id="bk109">
      <author>Kress, Peter</author>
      <title>Paradox Lost</title>
      <genre>Science Fiction</genre>
      <price>6.95</price>
      <publish_date>2000-11-02</publish_date>
      <description>After an inadvertant trip through a Heisenberg
      Uncertainty Device, James Salway discovers the problems 
      of being quantum.</description>
   </book>
   <book id="bk110">
      <author>O'Brien, Tim</author>
      <title>Microsoft .NET: The Programming Bible</title>
      <genre>Computer</genre>
      <price>36.95</price>
      <publish_date>2000-12-09</publish_date>
      <description>Microsoft's .NET initiative is explored in 
      detail in this deep programmer's reference.</description>
   </book>
   <book id="bk111">
      <author>O'Brien, Tim</author>
      <title>MSXML3: A Comprehensive Guide</title>
      <genre>Computer</genre>
      <price>36.95</price>
      <publish_date>2000-12-01</publish_date>
      <description>The Microsoft MSXML3 parser is covered in 
      detail, with attention to XML DOM interfaces, XSLT processing, 
      SAX and more.</description>
   </book>
   <book id="bk112">
      <author>Galos, Mike</author>
      <title>Visual Studio 7: A Comprehensive Guide</title>
      <genre>Computer</genre>
      <price>49.95</price>
      <publish_date>2001-04-16</publish_date>
      <description>Microsoft Visual Studio 7 is explored in depth,
      looking at how Visual Basic, Visual C++, C#, and ASP+ are 
      integrated into a comprehensive development 
      environment.</description>
   </book>
</catalog>

After the generation, this appears as an object in the tab Object definition.

The automatically generated source code then looks like this and can be further edited in Microsoft Visual Studio or combined with other object definitions within a project and namespace.

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Collections;
using eBiss.Api;
 
namespace eBiss.20170117_110757.Messages.catalog 
{
	public class catalog: IMapObjectRoot
	{
		[MapListType(typeof(book)),Description("book")]
		public ArrayList book;
	}
 
	public class book: IMapObjectItem
	{
		[Description("author")]
		public String author;
		[Description("title")]
		public String title;
		[Description("genre")]
		public String genre;
		[Description("price")]
		public String price;
		[Description("publish_date")]
		public String publish_date;
		[Description("description")]
		public String description;
	}
 
 
}