Csharp/C Sharp/XML LINQ/XDocument transformation

Transforming an XML Document

 
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Linq;
public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        XDocument xDocument = new XDocument(
          new XElement("Books",
            new XElement("Book",
              new XAttribute("type", "Author"),
              new XElement("FirstName", "A"),
              new XElement("LastName", "B")),
            new XElement("Book",
              new XAttribute("type", "Author"),
              new XElement("FirstName", "C"),
              new XElement("LastName", "D"))));
        Console.WriteLine("Here is the original XML document:");
        Console.WriteLine("{0}{1}{1}", xDocument, System.Environment.NewLine);
    }
}

XDocument transformation demo

 
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Xsl;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Linq;
public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        XDocument xDocument = new XDocument(
          new XElement("Books",
            new XElement("Book",
              new XAttribute("type", "Author"),
              new XElement("FirstName", "A"),
              new XElement("LastName", "B")),
              new XElement("Book",
            new XAttribute("type", "Author"),
              new XElement("FirstName", "C"),
              new XElement("LastName", "D"))));
        XDocument transformedDoc = new XDocument();
        using (XmlWriter writer = transformedDoc.CreateWriter()) {
            XslCompiledTransform transform = new XslCompiledTransform();
            transform.Load(XmlReader.Create(new StringReader("c:\\your.xls")));
            transform.Transform(xDocument.CreateReader(), writer);
        }
        Console.WriteLine(transformedDoc);
    }
}