/// <summary>
/// Read the XML file with XmlDocument and store the content in a list of XmlContent objects.
/// </summary>
public List <XmlContent> ReadXmlFileWithXmlDocument()
{
List <XmlContent> content = new List <XmlContent>();
XmlDocument xmlFile = new XmlDocument();
xmlFile.Load(fileName);
XmlNodeList childElementsNodes = xmlFile.DocumentElement.SelectNodes("/RootElement/ChildElements//ChildElement");
foreach (XmlNode childElementNode in childElementsNodes)
{
XmlNode childValue1Node = childElementNode.SelectSingleNode("./ChildValue[@Name='ChildValue1']");
XmlNode childValue2Node = childElementNode.SelectSingleNode("./ChildValue[@Name='ChildValue2']");
XmlNode childValue3Node = childElementNode.SelectSingleNode("./ChildValue[@Name='ChildValue3']");
int childValue1 = int.Parse(childValue1Node.Attributes["Value"].Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
string childValue2 = childValue2Node.Attributes["Value"].Value;
XmlEnumValues childValue3 = (XmlEnumValues)Enum.Parse(typeof(XmlEnumValues), childValue3Node.Attributes["Value"].Value);
XmlContent contentElement = new XmlContent(childValue1, childValue2, childValue3);
content.Add(contentElement);
}
return(content);
}
/// <summary>
/// Read the XML file with Linq and store the content in a list of XmlContent objects.
/// </summary>
public List <XmlContent> ReadXmlFileWithLinq()
{
List <XmlContent> content = new List <XmlContent>();
XDocument xmlFile = XDocument.Load(fileName);
var childElements = from childElement in xmlFile.Descendants("ChildElement")
select new
{
ChildValues = childElement.Descendants("ChildValue"),
};
foreach (var childElement in childElements)
{
var childValue1q = childElement.ChildValues.Where(p => p.Attribute("Name").Value == "ChildValue1").Select(p => p).First();
int childValue1 = int.Parse(childValue1q.Attribute("Value").Value);
var childValue2q = childElement.ChildValues.Where(p => p.Attribute("Name").Value == "ChildValue2").Select(p => p).First();
string childValue2 = childValue2q.Attribute("Value").Value;
var childValue3q = childElement.ChildValues.Where(p => p.Attribute("Name").Value == "ChildValue3").Select(p => p).First();
XmlEnumValues childValue3 = (XmlEnumValues)Enum.Parse(typeof(XmlEnumValues), childValue3q.Attribute("Value").Value);
content.Add(new XmlContent(childValue1, childValue2, childValue3));
}
return(content);
}
public XmlContent(int childValue1, string childValue2, XmlEnumValues childValue3)
{
ChildValue1 = childValue1;
ChildValue2 = childValue2;
ChildValue3 = childValue3;
}
