Is there a tool to generate simple c# classes from an xsd?

Question

I have an xsd (greatly simplified for this post):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xs:schema id="serviceResponse" xmlns="" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
  <xs:element name="serviceResponse" msdata:IsDataSet="true" msdata:UseCurrentLocale="true">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
        <xs:element name="searchResults">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="numberOfResults" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
              <xs:element name="raceList" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                <xs:complexType>
                  <xs:sequence>
                    <xs:element name="race" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                      <xs:complexType>
                        <xs:sequence>
                          <xs:element name="id" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
                          <xs:element name="title" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0" />
                        </xs:sequence>
                      </xs:complexType>
                    </xs:element>
                  </xs:sequence>
                </xs:complexType>
              </xs:element>
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
      </xs:choice>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

I need simple c# classes:

public class serviceResponse
{
    public searchResults SearchResults { get; set; }
}

public class searchResults
{
    public string numberOfResults { get; set; }
    public List<race> raceList { get; set; }
}

public class race
{
    public string id { get; set; }
    public string title { get; set; }   
}

I was told xsd.exe or even csxsd.exe can do this, but don't see the flags that just get simple usable classes out of those. I just need super simple classes that can be populated with xml from restful api calls. I do not want to hand code 150+ differenty object types. Is there a tool that does this?

Answer 1

Try Xsd2Code - free and available from CodePlex. Visual Studio Plugin to right-click on XSD and generate .cs file for it.

Update (May 2018):
Unfortunately, this tool is no longer available for free. You can find the new Xsd2Code website here and see the licensing options.