In this blog, I am going to explain how to convert XML/JSON file to C# class.
Recently, I faced the problem that I had a big file in JSON format but I needed it in C# class. So, I found a quick solution in Visual Studio.

This is very easy and requires only 3 steps to do it.
First of all, it requires Visual Studio 2012+.
The 3 steps are as follows.
Step 1

Copy the XML file data.
  1. <address>
  2. <to>SKN</to>
  3. <from>LKO</from>
  4. </address>
Step 2

Add new, empty class file and put your XML data here and copy this data.

Step 3

Open that file and in menu, go to Edit >> Paste Special >> Paste XML As Classes.
Result
  1. [System.SerializableAttribute()]
  2. [System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
  3. [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
  4. [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "", IsNullable = false)]
  5. public partial class address
  6. {
  8. private string toField;
  10. private string fromField;
  12. /// <remarks/>
  13. public string to
  14. {
  15. get { return this.toField; }
  16. set { this.toField = value; }
  17. }
  19. /// <remarks/>
  20. public string from
  21. {
  22. get { return this.fromField; }
  23. set { this.fromField = value; }
  24. }
  25. }
Note

While choosing the Edit > Paste Special menu, ensure that the Visual Studio venture that your class record is under, has its 'Objective Framework' set to .NET Framework 3.5+ for 'Glue JSON as Classes' and .NET Framework 4.5+ for 'Glue XML as Classes'; otherwise, these choices don't show up.