XML Parsing – Read a Simple XML File and Retrieve Values

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Easy way to parse the xml is to use the LINQ to XML

for example you have the following xml file

<library>
    <track id="1" genre="Rap" time="3:24">
        <name>Who We Be RMX (feat. 2Pac)</name>
        <artist>DMX</artist>
        <album>The Dogz Mixtape: Who's Next?!</album>
    </track>
    <track id="2" genre="Rap" time="5:06">
        <name>Angel (ft. Regina Bell)</name>
        <artist>DMX</artist>
        <album>...And Then There Was X</album>
    </track>
    <track id="3" genre="Break Beat" time="6:16">
        <name>Dreaming Your Dreams</name>
        <artist>Hybrid</artist>
        <album>Wide Angle</album>
    </track>
    <track id="4" genre="Break Beat" time="9:38">
        <name>Finished Symphony</name>
        <artist>Hybrid</artist>
        <album>Wide Angle</album>
    </track>
<library>

For reading this file, you can use the following code:

public void Read(string  fileName)
{
    XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(fileName);

    foreach (XElement el in doc.Root.Elements())
    {
        Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", el.Name, el.Attribute("id").Value);
        Console.WriteLine("  Attributes:");
        foreach (XAttribute attr in el.Attributes())
            Console.WriteLine("    {0}", attr);
        Console.WriteLine("  Elements:");

        foreach (XElement element in el.Elements())
            Console.WriteLine("    {0}: {1}", element.Name, element.Value);
    }
}

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