Comments on: XML Schema nillable=”true” vs minOccurs=”0″

By: RP

RP — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:20:18 +0000

Very Nice article. It is explained very well. Thanks for sharing.

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By: JR

JR — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:47:41 +0000

Nice article explaining this subject. I would add to this a discussion of the “default” attribute since for some types (numeric values in particular) this could eliminate confusion if the business rules allow for a default value.
BTW, the intent of the sample XML matches the schema, however 4 of the elements – nonboth, nilint, minzero and minzeronil – are not closed correctly and would not be considered well formed.
@G – I believe you can decorate your service method with an attribute defining those conditions.

By: Rangalal Gamage

Rangalal Gamage — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:39:54 +0000

Short & Sweet Article which helps me to solve WSDL level validations.

By: SK

SK — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:46:58 +0000

Explained ver well, nice article.

By: G

Mon, 16 May 2011 17:44:18 +0000

Thanks this helps me out a lot now if only i could figure out how to get my C# web service to use minOccurs=”0″ as apposed to minOccurs=”1″ with out me having to edit the WSDL file after its generated.

By: Rockmania

Rockmania — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:08:33 +0000

Bookmarked this page. Good article.

By: dtate22

dtate22 — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:08:26 +0000

Excellent article.

By: dimuthu

dimuthu — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:04:33 +0000

We are declaring nillable true only on elements, and not on types. Isn’t it?. If so if we extend a simple type (with some restrictions or by an enumerations), we can’t declare it nillable. The element that has the type may be declared as nillable, but not the type itself. This is the first thought came to my mind, I will check and let you know if that is not the case.
Dimuthu