Append element
using System;
using System.Xml;
class MainClass
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml("<book genre="programming">" +
"<title>Programming</title>" +
"</book>");
XmlNode root = doc.DocumentElement;
XmlElement newbook = doc.CreateElement("price");
newbook.InnerText="44.95";
root.AppendChild(newbook);
doc.Save(Console.Out);
}
}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="gb2312"?>
<book genre="programming">
Programming</title>
<price>44.95</price>
</book>
Check for Xml node name
using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
class Program{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlDocument itemDoc = new XmlDocument();
itemDoc.Load("items.xml");
Console.WriteLine("DocumentElement has {0} children.",itemDoc.DocumentElement.ChildNodes.Count);
foreach (XmlNode itemNode in itemDoc.DocumentElement.ChildNodes)
{
XmlElement itemElement = (XmlElement)itemNode;
Console.WriteLine("\n[Item]: {0}\n{1}", itemElement.Attributes["name"].Value,itemElement.Attributes["description"].Value);
if (itemNode.ChildNodes.Count == 0)
Console.WriteLine("(No additional Information)\n");
else
{
foreach (XmlNode childNode in itemNode.ChildNodes)
{
if (childNode.Name.ToUpper() == "ATTRIBUTE")
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} : {1}",
childNode.Attributes["name"].Value,
childNode.Attributes["value"].Value);
}
else if (childNode.Name.ToUpper() == "SPECIALS")
{
foreach (XmlNode specialNode in childNode.ChildNodes)
{
Console.WriteLine("*{0}:{1}",
specialNode.Attributes["name"].Value,
specialNode.Attributes["description"].Value);
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlDocument documentation = new XmlDocument();
documentation.Load("a.xml");
XmlNodeList memberNodes = documentation.SelectNodes("//member");
List<XmlNode> typeNodes = new List<XmlNode>();
foreach (XmlNode node in memberNodes)
{
if (node.Attributes["name"].Value.StartsWith("T"))
{
typeNodes.Add(node);
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Types:");
foreach (XmlNode node in typeNodes)
{
Console.WriteLine("- {0}", node.Attributes["name"].Value.Substring(2));
}
}
}
Find nodes by name
using System;
using System.Xml;
public class MainClass
{
[STAThread]
private static void Main()
{
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(@"Sample.xml");
XmlNodeList prices = doc.GetElementsByTagName("productPrice");
XmlNode product = doc.GetElementsByTagName("products")[0];
//XmlNode price = ((XmlElement)product).GetElementsByTagName("productPrice")[0];
foreach (XmlNode price in prices)
{
Console.WriteLine(price.ChildNodes[0].Value);
}
}
}
Get current value and depth during the XML document reading process
using System;
using System.Xml;
class MainClass
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(@"C:\books.xml");
while (reader.Read())
{
if (reader.HasValue)
{
Console.WriteLine("Name: "+reader.Name);
Console.WriteLine("Level of the node: " +reader.Depth.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("Value: "+reader.Value);
}
}
}
}
Get <member> elements
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlDocument documentation = new XmlDocument();
documentation.Load("a.xml");
XmlNodeList memberNodes = documentation.SelectNodes("//member");
List<XmlNode> typeNodes = new List<XmlNode>();
foreach (XmlNode node in memberNodes)
{
if (node.Attributes["name"].Value.StartsWith("T"))
{
typeNodes.Add(node);
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Types:");
foreach (XmlNode node in typeNodes)
{
Console.WriteLine("- {0}", node.Attributes["name"].Value.Substring(2));
}
}
}
Insert after
using System;
using System.Xml;
class MainClass
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.Load(@"c:\\books.xml");
XmlDocumentFragment xmlDocFragment = xmlDoc.CreateDocumentFragment();
xmlDocFragment.InnerXml="<F><S>Data</S></F>";
XmlNode aNode = xmlDoc.DocumentElement.FirstChild;
aNode.InsertAfter(xmlDocFragment, aNode.LastChild);
xmlDoc.Save(Console.Out);
}
}
Read XML document by node type
using System;
using System.Xml;
class MainClass
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
int DecCounter=0, PICounter=0, DocCounter=0, CommentCounter=0, ElementCounter=0, AttributeCounter=0, TextCounter=0, WhitespaceCounter=0;
XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(@"C:\books.xml");
while (reader.Read())
{
XmlNodeType type = reader.NodeType;
switch (type) {
case XmlNodeType.XmlDeclaration:
DecCounter++;
break;
case XmlNodeType.ProcessingInstruction:
PICounter++;
break;
case XmlNodeType.DocumentType:
DocCounter++;
break;
case XmlNodeType.rument:
CommentCounter++;
break;
case XmlNodeType.Element:
ElementCounter++;
if (reader.HasAttributes)
AttributeCounter += reader.AttributeCount;
break;
case XmlNodeType.Text:
TextCounter++;
break;
case XmlNodeType.Whitespace:
WhitespaceCounter++;
break;
}
}
Console.WriteLine("White Spaces:" +WhitespaceCounter.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("Process Instructions:" +PICounter.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("Declaration:" +DecCounter.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("White Spaces:" +DocCounter.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("Comments:" +CommentCounter.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("Attributes:" +AttributeCounter.ToString());
}
}
Recursively display XmlNode
using System;
using System.Xml;
class MainClass
{
public static void Main()
{
XmlTextReader xtr = new XmlTextReader(@"c:\test.xml");
xtr.WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling.None;
XmlDocument xd = new XmlDocument();
xd.Load(xtr);
XmlNode xnodDE = xd.DocumentElement;
ChildDisplay(xnodDE, 0);
xtr.Close();
}
private static void ChildDisplay(XmlNode xnod, int level)
{
XmlNode xnodWorking;
String pad = new String(" ", level * 2);
Console.WriteLine(pad + xnod.Name + "(" + xnod.NodeType.ToString() + ": " + xnod.Value + ")");
if (xnod.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
{
XmlNamedNodeMap mapAttributes = xnod.Attributes;
for(int i=0; i<mapAttributes.Count; i++)
{
Console.WriteLine(pad + " " + mapAttributes.Item(i).Name + " = " + mapAttributes.Item(i).Value);
}
}
if (xnod.HasChildNodes)
{
xnodWorking = xnod.FirstChild;
while (xnodWorking != null)
{
ChildDisplay(xnodWorking, level+1);
xnodWorking = xnodWorking.NextSibling;
}
}
}
}
MyTestElements(Element: )
TestBoolean(Element: )
#text(Text: true)
Replace Children
using System;
using System.Xml;
class MainClass
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.LoadXml("<Record> Some Value </Record>");
XmlElement root = xmlDoc.DocumentElement;
string str = root.ToString();
XmlDocumentFragment xmlDocFragment = xmlDoc.CreateDocumentFragment();
xmlDocFragment.InnerXml="<F><S>Data</S></F>";
XmlElement rootNode = xmlDoc.DocumentElement;
rootNode.ReplaceChild(xmlDocFragment, rootNode.LastChild);
xmlDoc.Save(Console.Out);
}
}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="gb2312"?>
<Record>
<F>
<S>Data</S>
</F>
</Record>
Root Node
using System;
using System.Xml;
class XmlWriterSamp
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.LoadXml("<Record> Some Value </Record>");
XmlElement root = xmlDoc.DocumentElement;
string str = root.ToString();
xmlDoc.RemoveAll();
xmlDoc.Save(Console.Out);
}
}
Select By Specific Author Node
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ruponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Xml;
public class MainClass
{
public static void Main()
{
XmlDocument mDocument = new XmlDocument();
XmlNode mCurrentNode;
mDocument.Load("XPathQuery.xml");
mCurrentNode = mDocument.DocumentElement;
XmlNodeList nodeList = mCurrentNode.SelectNodes("//book[author="J"]");
DisplayList(nodeList);
}
static void DisplayList(XmlNodeList nodeList)
{
foreach (XmlNode node in nodeList)
{
RecurseXmlDocumentNoSiblings(node);
}
}
static void RecurseXmlDocumentNoSiblings(XmlNode root)
{
if (root is XmlElement)
{
Console.WriteLine(root.Name);
if (root.HasChildNodes)
RecurseXmlDocument(root.FirstChild);
}
else if (root is XmlText)
{
string text = ((XmlText)root).Value;
Console.WriteLine(text);
}
else if (root is XmlComment)
{
string text = root.Value;
Console.WriteLine(text);
if (root.HasChildNodes)
RecurseXmlDocument(root.FirstChild);
}
}
static void RecurseXmlDocument(XmlNode root)
{
if (root is XmlElement)
{
Console.WriteLine(root.Name);
if (root.HasChildNodes)
RecurseXmlDocument(root.FirstChild);
if (root.NextSibling != null)
RecurseXmlDocument(root.NextSibling);
}
else if (root is XmlText)
{
string text = ((XmlText)root).Value;
Console.WriteLine(text);
}
else if (root is XmlComment)
{
string text = root.Value;
Console.WriteLine(text);
if (root.HasChildNodes)
RecurseXmlDocument(root.FirstChild);
if (root.NextSibling != null)
RecurseXmlDocument(root.NextSibling);
}
}
}
Select node by node text
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ruponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Xml;
public class MainClass
{
public static void Main()
{
XmlNodeList list=null;
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(Application.StartupPath + "/employees.xml");
list = doc.SelectNodes("//employee[./firstname/text()="asdf"]");
foreach (XmlNode node in list)
{
Console.WriteLine(node.Attributes["employeeid"].Value);
}
}
}
Select Nodes By Namespace from XmlDocument
using System;
using System.Xml;
public class MainClass
{
[STAThread]
private static void Main()
{
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load("Sample.xml");
XmlNodeList matches = doc.GetElementsByTagName("*", "http://mycompany/OrderML");
foreach (XmlNode node in matches)
{
Console.WriteLine(node.Name );
foreach (XmlAttribute attribute in node.Attributes)
{
Console.WriteLine(attribute.Value);
}
}
}
}
Select nodes from XmlDocument
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Net;
class MainClass
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
WebClient client = new WebClient();
string rssFeed = client.DownloadString("http://blogs.apress.ru/wp-rss2.php");
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(rssFeed);
XmlNodeList nodes = doc.SelectNodes("rss/channel/item/title");
foreach (XmlNode node in nodes)
{
Console.WriteLine(node.InnerText);
}
}
}
Write types to the console
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlDocument documentation = new XmlDocument();
documentation.Load("a.xml");
XmlNodeList memberNodes = documentation.SelectNodes("//member");
List<XmlNode> typeNodes = new List<XmlNode>();
foreach (XmlNode node in memberNodes)
{
if (node.Attributes["name"].Value.StartsWith("T"))
{
typeNodes.Add(node);
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Types:");
foreach (XmlNode node in typeNodes)
{
Console.WriteLine("- {0}", node.Attributes["name"].Value.Substring(2));
}
}
}
XmlNode: InsertAfter FirstChild
using System;
using System.Xml;
class MainClass
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.Load(@"c:\\Sample.xml");
XmlDocumentFragment xmlDocFragment = xmlDoc.CreateDocumentFragment();
xmlDocFragment.InnerXml="<F><S>Data</S></F>";
XmlNode aNode = xmlDoc.DocumentElement.FirstChild;
aNode.InsertAfter(xmlDocFragment, aNode.LastChild);
xmlDoc.Save(Console.Out);
}
}
Xml Node List
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Net;
public class MainClass
{
public static void Main(){
string xml = new WebClient().DownloadString("http://blogs.apress.ru/wp-rss2.php");
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(xml);
ProcessNodes(doc.ChildNodes);
}
private static void ProcessNodes(XmlNodeList nodes)
{
foreach (XmlNode node in nodes)
{
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0} - {1} - {2}",node.GetType().Name, node.Name,node.Value));
if (node.HasChildNodes)
ProcessNodes(node.ChildNodes);
}
}
}