private static PhoneBook ConvertXmlToObject()
{
XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load("XML/PhoneBook.xml");
// first way of getting root attribute
var phoneBook = new PhoneBook
{
Owner = xdoc.Root.Attribute("owner").Value,
People = xdoc.Root.Elements("Person").Select(
per => new Person
{
ID = Convert.ToInt16(per.Attribute("id").Value),
Name = per.Attribute("name").Value,
// bool is false by default (or if not exists)
Active = per.Attribute("active") == null ? false : Convert.ToBoolean(per.Attribute("active").Value),
Phones = per.Elements("Phone").Select(
ph => new Phone
{
Number = ph.Value,
// types that not in the enum will be converted to "unknown" type
// so result XML will differ from original
Type =
ph.Attribute("type") != null
? SergeConversions.GetPhoneType(ph.Attribute("type").Value) // convert string to enum
: PhoneType.unknown
}
).ToList()
}
).ToList(),
};
// other options to get root just for reference
// var rootElement2 = xdoc.Element("PhoneBook");
// var rootElement3 = xdoc.Elements("PhoneBook").First();
return phoneBook;
}
private static void ConvertObjectToXml(PhoneBook phoneBook)
{
XDocument xdoc = new XDocument(
new XElement("PhoneBook", // root
//new XElement("Person",
phoneBook.People.Select(p =>
new XElement("Person",
new XAttribute("id", p.ID),
new XAttribute("name", p.Name),
new XAttribute("active", p.Active),
p.Phones.Select(i =>
new XElement("Phone",
// it will be some "unknown" because of conversion before
new XAttribute("type", i.Type),
// actual content value
i.Number
))))));
string s = xdoc.ToString();
// save to file on the hard drive
xdoc.Save("XML/FromObjectPhoneBook.xml");
}
private static void PrintPhoneBook(PhoneBook phoneBook)
{
foreach (var person in phoneBook.People)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} , active = {1}", person.Name, person.Active);
foreach (var phone in person.Phones)
{
Console.Write(" {0}:{1}", phone.Type.ToString(), phone.Number);
}
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine();
}
}