/// <summary>
/// Gets the value of an attribute or inner text of an element with the specified path. For example "Tree/Branch1/Branch2".
/// </summary>
public static T GetValue <T>(this XContainer parent, string path)
{
string value = null;
var node = parent.FindNode(path);
if (node is XElement)
{
value = (node as XElement).Value;
}
else if (node is XAttribute)
{
value = (node as XAttribute).Value;
}
else if (node != null)
{
throw new Exception("The provided path (" + path + ") points to an invalid Xml node (" + node.GetType() + ").");
}
if (value.IsEmpty())
{
return(default(T));
}
if (typeof(T) == typeof(string))
{
return((T)(object)value);
}
return(value.To <T>());
}
public static XObject GetNode(this XContainer parent, string path) => parent.FindNode(path);