using System;
using System.Xml;
class XMLDemo{
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args) {
XmlDocument xmlDom = new XmlDocument();
xmlDom.AppendChild(xmlDom.CreateElement("", "books", ""));
XmlElement xmlRoot = xmlDom.DocumentElement;
XmlElement xmlBook;
XmlElement xmlTitle, xmlAuthor, xmlPrice;
XmlText xmlText;
xmlBook= xmlDom.CreateElement("", "A", "");
xmlBook.SetAttribute("property", "", "a");
xmlTitle = xmlDom.CreateElement("", "B", "");
xmlText = xmlDom.CreateTextNode("text");
xmlTitle.AppendChild(xmlText);
xmlBook.AppendChild(xmlTitle);
xmlRoot.AppendChild(xmlBook);
xmlAuthor = xmlDom.CreateElement("", "C", "");
xmlText = xmlDom.CreateTextNode("textg");
xmlAuthor.AppendChild(xmlText);
xmlBook.AppendChild(xmlAuthor);
xmlPrice = xmlDom.CreateElement("", "D", "");
xmlText = xmlDom.CreateTextNode("99999");
xmlPrice.AppendChild(xmlText);
xmlBook.AppendChild(xmlPrice);
xmlRoot.AppendChild(xmlBook);
Console.WriteLine(xmlDom.InnerXml);
xmlDom.Save("books.xml");
XmlDocument xmlDom2 = new XmlDocument();
xmlDom2.Load("books.xml");
Console.WriteLine(xmlDom2.InnerXml);
}
}
Month: February 2011
Read XML From URL
/*
* C# Programmers Pocket Consultant
* Author: Gregory S. MacBeth
* Email: gmacbeth@comporium.net
* Create Date: June 27, 2003
* Last Modified Date:
* Version: 1
*/
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
namespace Client.Chapter_22___XML
{
public class ReadXMLFromURL
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string localURL = "http:somehostTest.xml";
XmlTextReader myXmlURLreader = null;
myXmlURLreader = new XmlTextReader (localURL);
while (myXmlURLreader.Read())
{
//TODO -
}
if (myXmlURLreader != null)
myXmlURLreader.Close();
}
}
}
Read An XML File
/*
* C# Programmers Pocket Consultant
* Author: Gregory S. MacBeth
* Email: gmacbeth@comporium.net
* Create Date: June 27, 2003
* Last Modified Date:
* Version: 1
*/
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
namespace Client.Chapter_22___XML
{
public class ReadAnXMLFile
{
private const string doc = "Test.xml";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlTextReader reader = null;
// Load the file with an XmlTextReader
reader = new XmlTextReader(doc);
// Read the File
while (reader.Read())
{
//TODO -
}
if (reader != null)
reader.Close();
}
}
}
Access Attributes
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
class Program {
static void Main(string[] args) {
XmlDocument documentation = new XmlDocument();
documentation.Load("DocumentedClasses.xml");
XmlNodeList memberNodes = documentation.SelectNodes("//member");
List<XmlNode> typeNodes = new List<XmlNode>();
foreach (XmlNode node in memberNodes) {
if (node.Attributes["name"].Value.StartsWith("T")) {
typeNodes.Add(node);
}
}
foreach (XmlNode node in typeNodes) {
Console.WriteLine("- {0}", node.Attributes["name"].Value.Substring(2));
}
}
}
Reading from an XML file.
using System;
using System.Xml;
public class MainClass {
public static void Main(string[] args) {
XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(args[0]);
while (reader.Read()) {
switch (reader.NodeType) {
case XmlNodeType.Element: // The node is an Element
Console.WriteLine("Element: " + reader.Name);
while (reader.MoveToNextAttribute()) // Read attributes
Console.WriteLine(" Attribute: [" +
reader.Name + "] = '"
+ reader.Value + "'");
break;
case XmlNodeType.DocumentType: // The node is a DocumentType
Console.WriteLine("Document: " + reader.Value);
break;
case XmlNodeType.Comment:
Console.WriteLine("Comment: " + reader.Value);
break;
}
}
reader.Close();
}
}
Writing XML with the XmlWriter Class
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
class MainClass
{
static public void Main()
{
XmlTextWriter XmlWriter = new XmlTextWriter(Console.Out);
XmlWriter.WriteStartDocument();
XmlWriter.WriteComment("This is the comments.");
XmlWriter.WriteStartElement("BOOK");
XmlWriter.WriteElementString("TITLE", "this is the title.");
XmlWriter.WriteElementString("AUTHOR", "I am the author.");
XmlWriter.WriteElementString("PUBLISHER", "who is the publisher");
XmlWriter.WriteEndElement();
XmlWriter.WriteEndDocument();
}
}
Convert an XmlNode to an object
#region License and Copyright
/*
* Dotnet Commons Xml
*
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
* or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License
* for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this library; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
* 59 Temple Place,
* Suite 330,
* Boston,
* MA 02111-1307
* USA
*
*/
#endregion
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Xsl;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
//using Dotnet.Commons.Reflection;
namespace Dotnet.Commons.Xml
{
///
/// <summary>
/// This utility class contains wrapper functions that help to ease the handling and
/// manipulation of Xml documents, such as adding an element, adding an attribute
/// to an element, copying and cloning of nodes, etc.
///
/// </summary>
///
public abstract class XmlUtils
{
/// <summary>
/// Convert an XmlNode to an object
/// </summary>
/// <param name="node"></param>
/// <param name="targetObj"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
/// -----------------------------------------------------------
public static object FromXmlNodeWithAttributes(XmlNode node, object targetObj)
{
if (node.Attributes.Count == 0)
return targetObj;
foreach( XmlAttribute attr in node.Attributes)
{
string propertyName = attr.Name;
string propertyValue = attr.Value;
PropertyInfo pi = targetObj.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName);
if (pi != null)
pi.SetValue(targetObj, Convert.ChangeType(propertyValue, pi.PropertyType), null);
else // search if such field exists
{
FieldInfo fi = targetObj.GetType().GetField(propertyName);
if (fi != null)
fi.SetValue(targetObj, Convert.ChangeType(propertyValue, fi.FieldType));
}
}
return targetObj;
}
}
}

