/// <summary>
/// Set the encoding of this XML document to the encoding given, if not set (null) default encoding is UTF8.
/// Returns this XML document converted to it's string representation.
/// </summary>
public static string AsString(this XDocument xmlDoc, Encoding encoding = null)
{
if (encoding == null)
{
encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
}
using (var sw = new ExtentedStringWriter(new StringBuilder(), encoding))
{
using (var tx = new XmlTextWriter(sw))
{
xmlDoc.WriteTo(tx);
return(sw.ToString());
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// This method use XML Transformation to get only relevant information from a original XML element,
/// we can find more information from XML Transformation in http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/xsl_examples.asp
/// </summary>
/// <param name="originalContent">Original XML Content to transform</param>
/// <param name="xsltFullPath">Full Path of the Transformation file</param>
/// <param name="argList">Optional parameter list</param>
/// <returns>A new XElement with the transformed XML</returns>
public static XElement RunToXElementTransform(this XElement originalContent, string xsltFullPath, XsltArgumentList argList = null)
{
XElement output;
using (var sri = new StringReader(originalContent.ToString()))
{
using (var xri = XmlReader.Create(sri))
{
var xslt = new XslCompiledTransform();
var xsltSettings = new XsltSettings {
EnableScript = true
};
FileInfo fileInfo = null;
try
{
fileInfo = new FileInfo(xsltFullPath);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new FileNotFoundException("XSLT file is not found", ex);
}
// Load the Transformation Template File.
xslt.Load(fileInfo.FullName, xsltSettings, null);
// Use extended string writer to set encoding.
using (var sw = new ExtentedStringWriter(new StringBuilder(), Encoding.UTF8))
using (XmlWriter xwo = XmlWriter.Create(sw, xslt.OutputSettings))
{
if (argList != null)
{
xslt.Transform(xri, argList, xwo);
}
else
{
xslt.Transform(xri, xwo);
}
output = XElement.Parse(sw.ToString());
}
}
}
return(output);
}
/// <summary>
/// This method use XML Transformation to get only relevant information from a original XML element,
/// we can find more information from XML Transformation in http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/xsl_examples.asp
/// </summary>
/// <param name="originalContent">Original XML Content to transform</param>
/// <param name="xsltString">The transformation style sheet to use</param>
/// <param name="argList">Optional parameter list</param>
/// <returns>A new XElement with the transformed XML</returns>
public static XElement ParseXsltTransform(this XElement originalContent, string xsltString, XsltArgumentList argList = null)
{
XElement output;
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(xsltString))
{
throw new ArgumentException("XSLT input string is null or empty", "xsltString");
}
using (var sri = new StringReader(originalContent.ToString()))
using (var xri = XmlReader.Create(sri))
{
var xslt = new XslCompiledTransform();
var xsltSettings = new XsltSettings {
EnableScript = true
};
using (var xmlReader = new StringReader(xsltString))
using (var reader = XmlReader.Create(xmlReader))
{
// Load the Transformation Template File.
xslt.Load(reader, xsltSettings, null);
// Use extended string writer to set encoding.
using (var sw = new ExtentedStringWriter(new StringBuilder(), Encoding.UTF8))
using (var xwo = XmlWriter.Create(sw, xslt.OutputSettings))
{
if (argList != null)
{
xslt.Transform(xri, argList, xwo);
}
else
{
xslt.Transform(xri, xwo);
}
output = XElement.Parse(sw.ToString());
}
}
}
return(output);
}