Load xml document from xml file

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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);

    }
  }


           
         
     


Read XML From URL

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/*
 * 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

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/*
 * 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

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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.

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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 + "] = &#039;"
                           + reader.Value + "&#039;");
                    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

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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

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#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;
    }

    }
}