LINQ to xml examples

LINQ to xml examples

We have XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<Employees><Employee><EmpId>1</EmpId><Name>Sam</Name><Sex>Male</Sex><Phone Type="Home">423-555-0124</Phone><Phone Type="Work">424-555-0545</Phone>

<Address><Street>7A Cox Street</Street><City>Acampo</City><State>CA</State><Zip>95220</Zip><Country>USA</Country></Address>

</Employee><Employee><EmpId>2</EmpId><Name>Lucy</Name><Sex>Female</Sex><Phone Type="Home">143-555-0763</Phone><Phone Type="Work">434-555-0567</Phone>

<Address><Street>Jess Bay</Street><City>Alta</City><State>CA</State><Zip>95701</Zip><Country>USA</Country></Address>

</Employee><Employee><EmpId>3</EmpId><Name>Kate</Name><Sex>Female</Sex><Phone Type="Home">166-555-0231</Phone><Phone Type="Work">233-555-0442</Phone>

<Address><Street>23 Boxen Street</Street><City>Milford</City><State>CA</State><Zip>96121</Zip><Country>USA</Country></Address>

</Employee><Employee><EmpId>4</EmpId><Name>Chris</Name><Sex>Male</Sex><Phone Type="Home">564-555-0122</Phone><Phone Type="Work">442-555-0154</Phone>

<Address><Street>124 Kutbay</Street><City>Montara</City><State>CA</State><Zip>94037</Zip><Country>USA</Country></Address>

</Employee></Employees>

Using

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.IO;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Threading.Tasks;

using System.Xml;

using System.Xml.Linq;

Read the entire XML from D:\Employees.xml

Code:

            XElement xelement = XElement.Load(@"D:\Employees.xml");

            IEnumerable<XElement> employees = xelement.Elements();

            // Read the entire XML

            foreach (var employee in employees)

            {

                Console.WriteLine(employee);

            }

            Console.ReadLine();

Result:

//Read name all of employees

Code:

XElement xelement1 = XElement.Load(@"D:\Employees.xml");

            IEnumerable<XElement> employees2 = xelement1.Elements();

            Console.WriteLine("List of all Employee Names :");

            foreach (var employee in employees2)

            {

                Console.WriteLine(employee.Element("Name").Value);

            }

            Console.ReadLine();

Result:

//Read name and id all of employees

Code:

XElement xelement2 = XElement.Load(@"D:\Employees.xml");

            IEnumerable<XElement> employees3 = xelement2.Elements();

            Console.WriteLine("List of all Employee Names along with their ID:");

            foreach (var employee in employees3)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("{0} has Employee ID {1}",

                    employee.Element("Name").Value,

                    employee.Element("EmpId").Value);

            }

            Console.ReadLine();

Result:

//Read name all of female employees

Code:

XElement xelement3 = XElement.Load(@"D:\Employees.xml");

            var name = from nm in xelement3.Elements("Employee")

                       where (string)nm.Element("Sex") == "Female"

                       select nm;

            Console.WriteLine("Details of Female Employees:");

            foreach (XElement xEle in name)

                Console.WriteLine(xEle);

            Console.ReadLine();

Result:

//Read Home Phone all of employees

Code:

XElement xelement4 = XElement.Load(@"D:\Employees.xml");

            var homePhone = from phoneno in xelement4.Elements("Employee")

                            where (string)phoneno.Element("Phone").Attribute("Type") == "Home"

                            select phoneno;

            Console.WriteLine("List HomePhone Nos.");

            foreach (XElement xEle in homePhone)

            {

                Console.WriteLine(xEle.Element("Phone").Value);

            }

            Console.ReadLine();

Result:

//Find all employees living in 'Alta' City

Code:

XElement xelement5 = XElement.Load(@"D:\Employees.xml");

            var addresses = from address in xelement5.Elements("Employee")

                            where (string)address.Element("Address").Element("City") == "Alta"

                            select address;

            Console.WriteLine("Details of Employees living in Alta City");

            foreach (XElement xEle in addresses)

                Console.WriteLine(xEle);

            Console.ReadLine();

Result:

//Read ZipsCodes all of employees

Code:

XElement xelement6 = XElement.Load(@"D:\Employees.xml");

            Console.WriteLine("List of all Zip Codes");

            foreach (XElement xEle in xelement6.Descendants("Zip"))

            {

                Console.WriteLine((string)xEle);

            }

            Console.ReadLine();

Result:

//Read and sort zip code all of employees

Code:

XElement xelement7 = XElement.Load(@"D:\Employees.xml");

            IEnumerable<string> codes = from code in xelement7.Elements("Employee")

                                        let zip = (string)code.Element("Address").Element("Zip")

                                        orderby zip

                                        select zip;

            Console.WriteLine("List ans sort all zip codes");

            foreach (string zp in codes)

            {

                Console.WriteLine(zp);

            }

            Console.ReadLine();

Result:

//Create an XML Document with Xml Declaration

Code:

XNamespace empNM = "urn:lst-emp:emp";

            XDocument xDoc = new XDocument(

                        new XDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-16", null),

                        new XElement(empNM + "Employees",

                            new XElement("Employee",

                                new XComment("Only 3 elements for demo purposes"),

                                new XElement("EmpId", "5"),

                                new XElement("Name", "Kimmy"),

                                new XElement("Sex", "Female")

                                )));

            StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();

            xDoc.Save(sw);

            Console.WriteLine(sw);

            Console.ReadLine();

Result:

//Save the XML Document to a XMLWriter or to the disk

Code:

XNamespace empNM1 = "urn:lst-emp:emp";

            XDocument xDoc1 = new XDocument(

                        new XDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-16", null),

                        new XElement(empNM1 + "Employees",

                            new XElement("Employee",

                                new XComment("Only 3 elements for demo purposes"),

                                new XElement("EmpId", "5"),

                                new XElement("Name", "Kimmy"),

                                new XElement("Sex", "Female")

                                )));

            StringWriter sw1 = new StringWriter();

            XmlWriter xWrite = XmlWriter.Create(sw1);

            xDoc1.Save(xWrite);

            xWrite.Close();

            // Save to Disk

            xDoc1.Save("D:\\Test.xml");

            Console.WriteLine("Saved");

Result:

Done!!!

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