# DSProvider Class

Namespace: [PIX](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/May2024/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.htm)  
Assembly: PIX.dll

## Inheritance

* System.Object
  * DSProvider

## Syntax

```
public class DSProvider : IXmlSerializable
```

## Constructors

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [DSProvider()](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/May2024/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.DSProvider.-ctor.htm#PIX_DSProvider__ctor) |  |

## Properties

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [Name](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/May2024/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.DSProvider.Name.htm#PIX_DSProvider_Name) |  |
| [Type](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/May2024/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.DSProvider.Type.htm#PIX_DSProvider_Type) |  |

## Methods

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [GetSchema()](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/May2024/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.DSProvider.GetSchema.htm#PIX_DSProvider_GetSchema) |  |
| [ReadXml(XmlReader)](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/May2024/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.DSProvider.ReadXml.htm#PIX_DSProvider_ReadXml_System_Xml_XmlReader_) |  |
| [WriteXml(XmlWriter)](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/May2024/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.DSProvider.WriteXml.htm#PIX_DSProvider_WriteXml_System_Xml_XmlWriter_) |  |

### Extension Methods

[ApiFilter.FilterFor<T>(T, Nullable<ApiVersion>)](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/May2024/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.ApiFiltering.ApiFilter.FilterFor.htm#PIX_ApiFiltering_ApiFilter_FilterFor__1___0_System_Nullable_PIX_ApiVersion__)