public static void Sample_ReadXml_Books()
{
string xml = @"<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8"" ?>
<bookstore xmlns=""http://www.contoso.com/books"">
<book genre=""autobiography"" publicationdate=""1981-03-22"" ISBN=""1-861003-11-0"">
<title>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</title>
<author>
<first-name>Benjamin</first-name>
<last-name>Franklin</last-name>
</author>
<price>8.99</price>
</book>
<book genre=""novel"" publicationdate=""1967-11-17"" ISBN=""0-201-63361-2"">
<title>The Confidence Man</title>
<author>
<first-name>Herman</first-name>
<last-name>Melville</last-name>
</author>
<price>11.99</price>
</book>
<book genre=""philosophy"" publicationdate=""1991-02-15"" ISBN=""1-861001-57-6"">
<title>The Gorgias</title>
<author>
<name>Plato</name>
</author>
<price>9.99</price>
</book>
</bookstore> ";
var xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.LoadXml(xml);
using (var reader = new XmlAdapter(xmlDoc))
{
reader.XPath = "/bookstore/book";
reader.AutoExtractNamespaces = true;
//var dataTable = reader.ReadAllData();
//var dynObjects = reader.ReadAllDataAs<ExpandoObject>();
var books = reader.ReadAllDataAs <Book>();
using (var writer = new XmlAdapter())
{
writer.XPath = "/bookstore/book";
writer.FileName = @"C:\Temp\out.xml";
writer.WriteDataFrom <Book>(books, true);
}
}
}
