How to use XSD <any> Element in XML

In this article I am going to explain about XSD <any> element in XML.
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XSD The  <any>  Element in XML

XSD <any> Element as such type of element in XML by which we can extend XML document with element. Its not specified by the Schema.

Example

In following example we have XML scheme name is Emp.xsd its show the declaration of "Employee" element.

<xs:element name="Employee">

  <xs:complexType>

    <xs:sequence>

      <xs:element name="Fname" type="xs:string"/>

      <xs:element name="Address" type="xs:string"/>

      <xs:any minOccurs="0"/>

    </xs:sequence>

  </xs:complexType>

</xs:element

 

In this Example we have another schema manager.xsd its show the declaration of "Manager" element.

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"

targetNamespace="https://dotnetheaven.com"

xmlns="http://https://dotnetheaven.com"

elementFormDefault="qualified">

 

  <xs:element name="manager">

    <xs:complexType>

      <xs:sequence>

        <xs:element name="Name" type="xs:string"

        maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

      </xs:sequence>

    </xs:complexType>

  </xs:element>

 

</xs:schema>

 

In this example we ahve another schema Company.xsd that used two different schema component.

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

 

<Employee xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com"

xmlns:xsi=="http://https://dotnetheaven.com"

xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.microsoft.com Emp.xsd

http://="dotnetheaven.com" manager.xsd">

 

  <Employee>

    <Fname>Jown</Fname>

    <Address>Delhi</Address>

    <Manager>

      <name>Dipak</name>

    </Manager>

  </Employee>

 

  <Employee>

    <Fname>jown</Fname>

    <Address>Delhi</Address>

  </Employee>

 

</Employee>

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