Command Line Code Generation

The Liquid XML Objects code generator can be invoked from the command line using the LXO.exe

Example Usage	Copy Code
LXO.exe /L:CS /VSP:VS2017 /OD:"c:\temp\QuickStart\QuickStartCs" /GM:Simple /VSASM:"QuickStartLib" c:\temp\QuickStart\BookStore.xsd" /Verbose

Use : to separate flags from parameter values, e.g. /Language:CS

Command line flags

Use

Values

Description

/Language

Required

CS
VB

The target language for the generated code.

/GenerateVSProject

/vsp

Optional
Only used when /Language=CS/VB
Default VS2017

File
VS2015
VS2017

The type of .Net project to generate. Only used when Language is C# or VB.Net

/OutputFilename

/of

Required when
GenerateVSProject = File

Filename

The filename that the generated code will be written to.

/OutputFolder

/od

Required when
GenerateVSProject = VS2015/VS2017

Directory Name

The folder that the generated code files will be written

/GenerationModel

/gm

Optional
Default ConformantWithAccessors

Simple
Conformant
ConformantWithAccessors

Determines the model used for generating the Liquid XML Objects code.

Conformant - High accuracy model, but resulting model is more complex for reading and writing
ConformantWithAccessors - High accuracy model with simple read only accessors, resulting model is more complex for writing
Simple - Simple model, simple for reading and writing, but output XML Elements order and cardinality may not be observed

See Code Generation Models

/OutputNamespace

/ns

Optional
Default 'Lx.GeneratedCode'

Valid target language namespace

The namespace the generated with in the target language.

/CollectionNaming

/colnm

Optional
Default 'Pluralize'

None
AppendS
AppendCol
Pluralize

Determines how collections of objects are named:

None - Collection names are the same as they are in the source schema.
AppendS - The source schema name with an 's' appended.
AppendCol - The source schema name with a 'Col' appended.
Pluralize - A pluralized version of the source schema name (i.e. 'property' would become 'properties'), works best when the schema is in English.

/RaiseChangeEvents

/evnt

Optional
Default: -

+
-

Property change and collection change events will be raised when the model is changed. Allows the model to take part in in Data Binding.

/BaseClassEnabled

/cb

Optional
default - (no base class)

+
-

Generates a common base class. Custom code can be added to this which is then available in all generated classes.

/BaseClassName

/cbn

Optional
Only used when /BaseClassEnabled is set

Valid target language class name

The class name for the common base class.
The default value is language specific.

/DefaultOptionalAttributes

/da

Optional
Default +

+
-

Properties representing attributes are generated with default values set on them.

/DefaultOptionalElements

/de

Optional
Default -

+
-

Properties representing elements are generated with default values set on them.

/UnprocessedHandlers

Optional
Default -

+
-

Creates a container in each element to hold unprocessed elements and attributes.

/EmbeddedXsdValidator

/exsdv

Optional
Only used when /GenerateVSProject = VS2015/VS2017
Default +

+
-

Generates an a validator based on the raw XSD schemas into the projects.

/VSProjectAssemblyName

/vsasm

Required when /GenerateVSProject = VS2015/VS2017
Default +

Valid .Net assembly name

The .Net Assembly name.

/name

Multiple optional values in the form /name:<Variable>=<Value>

Set the generated names for various types

Variable	Default Value	Description
ClsSeq	Seq	The name of a class generated for a xs:sequence
ClsChc	Chc	The name of a class generated for a xs:choice
ClsAll	All	The name of a class generated for a xs:all
PrpSeq	Seq	The name of a property to access a xs:sequence
PrpChc	Chc	The name of a property to access a xs:choice
PrpAll	All	The name of a property to access a xs:all

Example

-n:ClsAll=ALL

/Verbose

Optional
Default -

+
-

Produces verbose output

/VerboseFileListing

/vfl

Optional
Default -

+
-

Verbose file listing : lists all the generated files.

@<file>

Optional

Read response file for more options

Required
One or more filenames

XSD Filenames (UNC/Uri names c:\schema.xsd or http://server/schema.xsd).

The LXO.exe is compatible with the .lxo project files created in the XML Data Binder. These can be used directly as follows.

Using an XML Data Binder .lxo from the command line	Copy Code
LXO.exe @MyXmlDataBinderProject.lxo