Loading and Reading XML at runtime

Question

Hi,

     I have functionality in which an XML file is generated at run time and stored to an string and from that XML file i would like to read the value of the "ID" which is bold out. Help me out with sample code or an link.

And the XML is as follows

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
  <id>http://www.test.com/ws/customers/[e-mail]/lists/222</id>
  <title type="text"></title>
  <author></author>
  <updated>2013-02-02T09:18:08.313Z</updated>
  <content type="application/vnd.ctct+xml">
    <ContactList xmlns="http://www.test.com/ns/1.0/" id="http://www.test.com/ws/customers/[e-mail]/lists/222">
      <OptInDefault>false</OptInDefault>
      <Name>CB_29_2/2/2013 2:47:59 PM</Name>
      <SortOrder>13</SortOrder>
      <ShortName>CB_29_2/2/2013 2:47:59 PM</ShortName>
      <DisplayOnSignup>No</DisplayOnSignup>
      <Members id="http://www.test.com/ws/customers/[e-mail]/lists/222/members"></Members>
    </ContactList>
  </content>
  <link href="/ws/customers/[e-mail]/lists/222" rel="edit"></link>
</entry>

---

Regards, Dillu

Answer 1

With .NET 3.5 and later you can use LINQ to XML :

XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(stringWithXml);

XNamespace atom = "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom";

string id = (string)doc.Root.Element(atom + "id");

---

MVP Data Platform Development My blog

Answer 2

Perfect.....Thanks..

---

Regards, Dillu