using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
[XmlRoot(ElementName="report", Namespace="http://tempuri.org/report")]
[XmlAttribute(AttributeName="details")]
public string Details { get; set; }
public static void Test()
var filename = "Question66126110.xml";
File.WriteAllText(filename, GetXml());
var report = XmlSerializationHelper.LoadFromXmlWithDTD<report>(filename, validationCallBack: ValidationCallBack);
Console.WriteLine(report.Details);
Assert.AreEqual("Something is described blablabla", report.Details);
private static void ValidationCallBack(object sender, ValidationEventArgs e)
if (e.Severity == XmlSeverityType.Warning)
Console.WriteLine("Warning: Matching schema not found. No validation occurred." + e.Message);
Console.WriteLine("Validation error: " + e.Message);
return @"<?xml version=""1.0""?>
<!DOCTYPE report SYSTEM ""01.dtd"" [
<!ENTITY parameter ""blablabla"">
<report xmlns=""http://tempuri.org/report""
details=""Something is described ¶meter;""
public static partial class XmlSerializationHelper
public static T LoadFromXmlWithDTD<T>(string filename, XmlSerializer serial = default, ValidationEventHandler validationCallBack = default)
var settings = new XmlReaderSettings
DtdProcessing = DtdProcessing.Parse,
settings.ValidationEventHandler += validationCallBack;
serial = serial ?? new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
using (var reader = XmlReader.Create(filename, settings))
return (T)serial.Deserialize(reader);
public static partial class XmlSerializationHelper
public static T ParseFromXmlWithDTD<T>(this string xmlString, XmlSerializer serial = null, ValidationEventHandler validationCallBack = default)
var settings = new XmlReaderSettings
DtdProcessing = DtdProcessing.Parse,
settings.ValidationEventHandler += validationCallBack;
serial = serial ?? new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
using (var reader = XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(xmlString), settings))
return (T)serial.Deserialize(reader);
public static T ParseFromXml<T>(this string xmlString, XmlSerializer serial = null)
serial = serial ?? new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
using (var reader = new StringReader(xmlString))
return (T)serial.Deserialize(reader);
public static string GetXml<T>(this T obj, XmlSerializer serializer = null, bool omitStandardNamespaces = false)
XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = null;
if (omitStandardNamespaces)
ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
using (var textWriter = new StringWriter())
var settings = new XmlWriterSettings() { Indent = true };
using (var xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(textWriter, settings))
(serializer ?? new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType())).Serialize(xmlWriter, obj, ns);
return textWriter.ToString();
public static void Main()
Console.WriteLine("Environment version: {0} ({1})", System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription , GetNetCoreVersion());
Console.WriteLine("Failed with unhandled exception: ");
public static string GetNetCoreVersion()
var assembly = typeof(System.Runtime.GCSettings).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
var assemblyPath = assembly.CodeBase.Split(new[] { '/', '\\' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
int netCoreAppIndex = Array.IndexOf(assemblyPath, "Microsoft.NETCore.App");
if (netCoreAppIndex > 0 && netCoreAppIndex < assemblyPath.Length - 2)
return assemblyPath[netCoreAppIndex + 1];