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how do you retrieve xml data from nested nodes

<CustomerOrders>
<Customers>
<CustomerID>ALFKI</CustomerID>
<Orders>
<OrderID>10643</OrderID>
<CustomerID>ALFKI</CustomerID>
<OrderDate>1997-08-25</OrderDate>
</Orders>
<Orders>
<OrderID>10692</OrderID>
<CustomerID>ALFKI</CustomerID>
<OrderDate>1997-10-03</OrderDate>
</Orders>
<CompanyName>Alfreds Futterkiste</CompanyName>
</Customers>
<Customers>
<CustomerID>ANATR</CustomerID>
<Orders>
<OrderID>10308</OrderID>
<CustomerID>ANATR</CustomerID>
<OrderDate>1996-09-18</OrderDate>
</Orders>
<CompanyName>Ana Trujillo Emparedados y helados</CompanyName>
</Customers>
</CustomerOrders>
How do you retrieve OrderID,CustomerID and OrderDate? i have been trying it for hours already. Can someone help me? Thanks!
XmlNodeList xmlnode = doc.GetElementsByTagName("Customers");
HtmlGenericControl div = new HtmlGenericControl("div");
for(int i = 0; i < xmlnode.Count; i++)
{
Label lbl2 = new Label();
lbl2.Text = xmlnode[i].ChildNodes[1].Name;
div.Controls.Add(lbl2);
RadioButtonList rb1 = new RadioButtonList();
rb1.Items.Add(xmlnode[i].ChildNodes[1].InnerText+"<br>");
div.Controls.Add(rb1);
}
div1.Controls.Add(div);

You can use the XDocument class and its decendants. You can use XPath expressions to delve deeper into the code:
e.g.
using System.Xml.Linq
using System.Xml.XPath
....
XDocument doc= XDocument.Load("sample.xml");
XElement root= doc.Element("CustomerOrders");
var result= root.XPathSelectElements("Customers/CustomerId");
foreach(var customerid in result)
{
.....
}
Depending on what you want to achieve this should put you at the right track. While I was typing the answer, another answer proposes to use XmlDocument class. That should work as well, but when using XDocument you can use Linq, which adds a lot of flexibilty.

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml("yourxmldata");
XmlNodeList customers = doc.DocumentElement.SelectNodes("Customers");
foreach (XmlNode customer in customers)
{
XmlNodeList customerOrders = customer.SelectNodes("Orders");
string customername = customer["CustomerID"].InnerText;
foreach (XmlNode customerOrder in customerOrders)
{
string orderid = customerOrder["OrderID"].InnerText;
string orderdate = customerOrder["OrderDate"].InnerText;
}
}

Here is everything using Xml Linq
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Linq;
namespace ConsoleApplication47
{
class Program
{
const string FILENAME = #"c:\temp\test.xml";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(FILENAME);
var results = doc.Descendants("Customers").Select(x => new
{
customerID = (string)x.Element("CustomerID"),
companyName = (string)x.Element("CompanyName"),
orders = x.Elements("Orders").Select(y => new {
orderID = (int)y.Element("OrderID"),
customerID = (string)y.Element("CustomerID"),
date = (DateTime)y.Element("OrderDate")
}).ToList()
}).ToList();
}
}
}

XmlDocument sort nodes by the inner text value of a child

i want to sort the nodes called ImageInfo by the number in the pos node because i have buttons that change the position up or down and i need to sort the ImageInfo node in the correct order when the pos has changed.
i apologise ahead for not having any c# code but i assure you that i have tried so many different things and im in need of help.
here is my xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<MplAndSiImages xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<MplImages>
<ImageInfo>
<pos>1</pos>
<Name>1.png</Name>
<ParentObjectId>b66a23a8-6268-e611-80e2-c4346bad02e8</ParentObjectId>
<Url>http://localhost:8080/b66a23a8-6268-e611-80e2-c4346bad02e8/1.png</Url>
</ImageInfo>
<ImageInfo>
<pos>2</pos>
<Name>2.png</Name>
<ParentObjectId>b66a23a8-6268-e611-80e2-c4346bad02e8</ParentObjectId>
<Url>http://localhost:8080/b66a23a8-6268-e611-80e2-c4346bad02e8/2.png</Url>
</ImageInfo>
<ImageInfo>
<pos>3</pos>
<Name>3.png</Name>
<ParentObjectId>b66a23a8-6268-e611-80e2-c4346bad02e8</ParentObjectId>
<Url>http://localhost:8080/b66a23a8-6268-e611-80e2-c4346bad02e8/3.png</Url>
</ImageInfo>
</MplImages>
<SiImages />
</MplAndSiImages>
here is my c# code:
it is called on the click of an action link button and i need it to change the poition to 1 less to move it up in the list and i have the number change but the xml need s to be sorted so it has the ImageInfo nodes in the correct order.
public ActionResult MoveUp(string name, string id)
{
var pathConfig = WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ProductImageFolderPath"];
var url = pathConfig + id + "\\" + "ModelConfig.xml";
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(url);
XmlNode root = doc.DocumentElement;
XmlNode upNode = root.SelectSingleNode("/MplAndSiImages/MplImages/ImageInfo[Name/text() = '" + name + "']/pos");
string upNodeValue = upNode.InnerText;
int upNodeInt = Int32.Parse(upNodeValue);
upNodeInt = upNodeInt - 1;
var upNodeString = upNodeInt.ToString();
upNode.InnerText = upNodeString;
XmlNode downNode = root.SelectSingleNode("/MplAndSiImages/MplImages/ImageInfo/pos[text() = '" + upNodeString + "']");
string downNodeValue = downNode.InnerText;
int downNodeInt = Int32.Parse(downNodeValue);
downNodeInt = downNodeInt + 1;
var downNodeString = downNodeInt.ToString();
downNode.InnerText = downNodeString;
Func<string, int> ParseIntOrDefault = (string input) =>
{
int output;
int.TryParse(input, out output);
return output;
};
var result = doc.SelectNodes("MplAndSiImages/MplImages/*")
.Cast<XmlNode>()
.OrderBy(element => element.SelectSingleNode("pos").InnerText)
.ToList();
doc.Save(url);
return RedirectToAction("UploadAnImage", new { id = id });
}
I have seen this and tried it but is there any way of doing this with xmldocument:
XElement root = XElement.Load(xmlfile);
var orderedtabs = root.Elements("Tab")
.OrderBy(xtab => (int)xtab.Element("Order"))
.ToArray();
root.RemoveAll();
foreach(XElement tab in orderedtabs)
root.Add(tab);
root.Save(xmlfile);
I am ordering the images to display on a web page.
and when the move up button is pressed the image will be moved up in the list and swap places with the image above it.

Using linq to xml you can:
var result = XDocument.Load("data.xml")
.Descendants("ImageInfo")
.OrderBy(element => element.Element("pos")?.Value)
.ToList();
And in order to order it by the int value of it you can:
Func<string,int> ParseIntOrDefault = (string input) =>
{
int output;
int.TryParse(input, out output);
return output;
};
var result = XDocument.Load("data.xml")
.Descendants("ImageInfo")
.OrderBy(element => ParseIntOrDefault(element.Element("pos")?.Value))
.ToList();
Using XmlDocument to read the xml you can:
var doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load("data.xml");
var result = doc.SelectNodes("MplAndSiImages/MplImages/*")
.Cast<XmlNode>()
.OrderBy(element => element.SelectSingleNode("pos").InnerText)
.ToList();
Here too you can use the ParseIntOrDefault from above

How to Read XML tag values in C# [duplicate]

I am using this XML file:
<root>
<level1 name="A">
<level2 name="A1" />
<level2 name="A2" />
</level1>
<level1 name="B">
<level2 name="B1" />
<level2 name="B2" />
</level1>
<level1 name="C" />
</root>
Could someone give me a C# code using LINQ, the simplest way to print this result:
(Note the extra space if it is a level2 node)
A
A1
A2
B
B1
B2
C
Currently I have written this code:
XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load("data.xml"));
var lv1s = from lv1 in xdoc.Descendants("level1")
select lv1.Attribute("name").Value;
foreach (var lv1 in lv1s)
{
result.AppendLine(lv1);
var lv2s = from lv2 in xdoc...???
}

Try this.
using System.Xml.Linq;
void Main()
{
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
//Load xml
XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load("data.xml");
//Run query
var lv1s = from lv1 in xdoc.Descendants("level1")
select new {
Header = lv1.Attribute("name").Value,
Children = lv1.Descendants("level2")
};
//Loop through results
foreach (var lv1 in lv1s){
result.AppendLine(lv1.Header);
foreach(var lv2 in lv1.Children)
result.AppendLine(" " + lv2.Attribute("name").Value);
}
Console.WriteLine(result);
}

Or, if you want a more general approach - i.e. for nesting up to "levelN":
void Main()
{
XElement rootElement = XElement.Load(#"c:\events\test.xml");
Console.WriteLine(GetOutline(0, rootElement));
}
private string GetOutline(int indentLevel, XElement element)
{
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
if (element.Attribute("name") != null)
{
result = result.AppendLine(new string(' ', indentLevel * 2) + element.Attribute("name").Value);
}
foreach (XElement childElement in element.Elements())
{
result.Append(GetOutline(indentLevel + 1, childElement));
}
return result.ToString();
}

A couple of plain old foreach loops provides a clean solution:
foreach (XElement level1Element in XElement.Load("data.xml").Elements("level1"))
{
result.AppendLine(level1Element.Attribute("name").Value);
foreach (XElement level2Element in level1Element.Elements("level2"))
{
result.AppendLine(" " + level2Element.Attribute("name").Value);
}
}

Here are a couple of complete working examples that build on the #bendewey & #dommer examples. I needed to tweak each one a bit to get it to work, but in case another LINQ noob is looking for working examples, here you go:
//bendewey's example using data.xml from OP
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Linq;
class loadXMLToLINQ1
{
static void Main( )
{
//Load xml
XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load(#"c:\\data.xml"); //you'll have to edit your path
//Run query
var lv1s = from lv1 in xdoc.Descendants("level1")
select new
{
Header = lv1.Attribute("name").Value,
Children = lv1.Descendants("level2")
};
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(); //had to add this to make the result work
//Loop through results
foreach (var lv1 in lv1s)
{
result.AppendLine(" " + lv1.Header);
foreach(var lv2 in lv1.Children)
result.AppendLine(" " + lv2.Attribute("name").Value);
}
Console.WriteLine(result.ToString()); //added this so you could see the output on the console
}
}
And next:
//Dommer's example, using data.xml from OP
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Linq;
class loadXMLToLINQ
{
static void Main( )
{
XElement rootElement = XElement.Load(#"c:\\data.xml"); //you'll have to edit your path
Console.WriteLine(GetOutline(0, rootElement));
}
static private string GetOutline(int indentLevel, XElement element)
{
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
if (element.Attribute("name") != null)
{
result = result.AppendLine(new string(' ', indentLevel * 2) + element.Attribute("name").Value);
}
foreach (XElement childElement in element.Elements())
{
result.Append(GetOutline(indentLevel + 1, childElement));
}
return result.ToString();
}
}
These both compile & work in VS2010 using csc.exe version 4.0.30319.1 and give the exact same output. Hopefully these help someone else who's looking for working examples of code.
EDIT: added #eglasius' example as well since it became useful to me:
//#eglasius example, still using data.xml from OP
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Linq;
class loadXMLToLINQ2
{
static void Main( )
{
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(); //needed for result below
XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load(#"c:\\deg\\data.xml"); //you'll have to edit your path
var lv1s = xdoc.Root.Descendants("level1");
var lvs = lv1s.SelectMany(l=>
new string[]{ l.Attribute("name").Value }
.Union(
l.Descendants("level2")
.Select(l2=>" " + l2.Attribute("name").Value)
)
);
foreach (var lv in lvs)
{
result.AppendLine(lv);
}
Console.WriteLine(result);//added this so you could see the result
}
}

XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load("data.xml");
var lv1s = xdoc.Root.Descendants("level1");
var lvs = lv1s.SelectMany(l=>
new string[]{ l.Attribute("name").Value }
.Union(
l.Descendants("level2")
.Select(l2=>" " + l2.Attribute("name").Value)
)
);
foreach (var lv in lvs)
{
result.AppendLine(lv);
}
Ps. You have to use .Root on any of these versions.

Asynchronous loading of the XML file can improve performance, especially if the file is large or if it takes a long time to load. In this example, we use the XDocument.LoadAsync method to load and parse the XML file asynchronously, which can help to prevent the application from becoming unresponsive while the file is being loaded.
Demo: https://dotnetfiddle.net/PGFE7c (using XML string parsing)
Implementation:
XDocument doc;
// Open the XML file using File.OpenRead and pass the stream to
// XDocument.LoadAsync to load and parse the XML asynchronously
using (var stream = File.OpenRead("data.xml"))
{
doc = await XDocument.LoadAsync(stream, LoadOptions.None, CancellationToken.None);
}
// Select the level1 elements from the document and create an anonymous object for each element
// with a Name property containing the value of the "name" attribute and a Children property
// containing a collection of the names of the level2 elements
var results = doc.Descendants("level1")
.Select(level1 => new
{
Name = level1.Attribute("name").Value,
Children = level1.Descendants("level2")
.Select(level2 => level2.Attribute("name").Value)
});
foreach (var result in results)
{
Console.WriteLine(result.Name);
foreach (var child in result.Children)
Console.WriteLine(" " + child);
}
Result:
A
  A1
  A2
B
  B1
  B2
C

Get data from XML in simple way

I am using the following code to get data from the OData XML and its works ,
but I am not sure that I fully understand it so maybe there is a way to write it in simple way?
what i need is to get the property value which is in the first loop value = 0001 and text = approve and in the
second value = 0002 text = reject
The code
XNamespace dns = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices";
if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
string decisionOptions = ReadResponse(response);
XDocument document = XDocument.Parse(decisionOptions);
foreach (XElement element in document.Element(dns + "DecisionOptions").Elements(dns + "element"))
{
PropertyKeyRef decisionOption = new PropertyKeyRef();
decisionOption.PropertyValue = element.Element(dns + "DecisionKey").Value;
decisionOption.PropertyName = element.Element(dns + "DecisionText").Value;
dat.Add(decisionOption);
}
}
the XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
- <d:DecisionOptions xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata">
- <d:element m:type="TAS.DecisionOption">
<d:InstanceID>007</d:InstanceID>
<d:DecisionKey>0001</d:DecisionKey>
<d:DecisionText>Approve</d:DecisionText>
<d:CommentMandatory>false</d:CommentMandatory>
<d:Nature>POSITIVE</d:Nature>
</d:element>
- <d:element m:type="TAS.DecisionOption">
<d:InstanceID>007</d:InstanceID>
<d:DecisionKey>0002</d:DecisionKey>
<d:DecisionText>Reject</d:DecisionText>
<d:CommentMandatory>true</d:CommentMandatory>
<d:Nature>NEGATIVE</d:Nature>
</d:element>
</d:DecisionOptions>

here how can do it in simple way using LINQ
namespace ConsoleApplication7
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load("test.xml");
XNamespace dns = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices";
//in xml every element should have it's namespace for this reason I have to concatenate namespace with the name of element
var elementsRes = xdoc.Root.Elements(dns+"element").Select((elt) => new PropertyKeyRef { PropertyName = elt.Element(dns+"DecisionKey").Value.ToString(),PropertyValue = elt.Element(dns+"DecisionText").Value.ToString() }).ToList();
foreach (var item in elementsRes)
{
//your code for the result
}
}
}
public class PropertyKeyRef
{
public string PropertyName
{ get; set; }
public string PropertyValue
{ get; set; }
}
}

You have already achieved it in simplest way. Little bit of LINQ might improve readability (get away with foreach loop) but it's just syntactic sugar of what you have written.
XNamespace dns = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices";
XDocument document = XDocument.Load("database.xml");
PropertyKeyRef decisionOption = new PropertyKeyRef();
decisionOption.PropertyValue = document.Descendants(dns + "DecisionKey")
.Select(node => node.Value).First();
decisionOption.PropertyName = document.Descendants(dns + "DecisionText")
.Select(node => node.Value).First();
dat.Add(decisionOption);

I want to recursively list the nodes in xml

I recursively want to display xml nodes. But unfortunately it doesn't work. The output is only the first element of the xml file. Why?
public string GetOutline(int indentLevel, XmlNode xnod)
{
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
XmlNode xnodWorking;
result = result.AppendLine(new string('-', indentLevel * 2) + xnod.Name);
if (xnod.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
{
if (xnod.HasChildNodes)
{
xnodWorking = xnod.FirstChild;
while (xnodWorking != null)
{
GetOutline(indentLevel + 1, xnodWorking);
xnodWorking = xnodWorking.NextSibling;
}
}
}
return result.ToString();
}
Here the code calling the function. The XML file begins with <Videos> then <Video>... etc...
private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
SaveFileDialog fDialog = new SaveFileDialog();
fDialog.Title = "Save XML File";
fDialog.FileName = "drzewo.xml";
fDialog.CheckFileExists = false;
fDialog.InitialDirectory = #"C:\Users\Piotrek\Desktop";
if (fDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
using (var newXmlFile = File.Create(fDialog.FileName));
{
string xmlTree = fDialog.FileName.ToString();
XmlDocument xdoc = new XmlDocument();
xdoc.Load(XML);
XmlNode xnodDE = xdoc.DocumentElement;
textBox2.Text = GetOutline(0, xnodDE);
//StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
/*
foreach (var childelement in xdoc.DescendantNodes().OfType<XElement>()
.Select(x => x.Name).Distinct())
{
result.Append(childelement + Environment.NewLine );
}
textBox2.Text = result.ToString();
*/
using (StreamWriter sw = File.AppendText(xmlTree))
{
sw.Write(textBox2.Text);
}
}
}
XML content :
<Videos>
<Video>
<Title>The Distinguished Gentleman</Title>
<Director>Jonathan Lynn</Director>
<Actors>
<Actor>Eddie Murphy</Actor>
<Actor>Lane Smith</Actor>
<Actor>Sheryl Lee Ralph</Actor>
<Actor>Joe Don Baker</Actor>
</Actors>
<Length>112 Minutes</Length>
<Format>DVD</Format>
<Rating>R</Rating>
</Video>
<Video>
<Title>Her Alibi</Title>
<Director>Bruce Beresford</Director>
<Length>94 Mins</Length>
<Format>DVD</Format>
<Rating>PG-13</Rating>
</Video>
</Videos>

You need to read all document line by line whith a for each or a while instruction
XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(your xml file);
reader.MoveToContent();
while (reader.Read())
{
// your code
}
reader.Close();
not the best way, try to have a look also on linq to xml

try that
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Linq;
namespace testStackOverflow
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Load xml
XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load("test.xml");
//Run query
var lv1s = from lv1 in xdoc.Descendants("Video")
select new
{
title = lv1.Element("Title").Value
};
//Loop through results
foreach (var lv1 in lv1s)
{
Console.WriteLine(lv1.title);
}
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}

You're not doing anything to add the results of the recursive calls to the string you're building. You need to do this:
result.Append(GetOutline(indentLevel + 1, xnodWorking));
And this modification should avoid the text nodes and nodes with the same name:
public string GetOutline(int indentLevel, XmlNode xnod)
{
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
XmlNode xnodWorking;
result = result.AppendLine(new string('-', indentLevel * 2) + xnod.Name);
if (xnod.HasChildNodes)
{
List<string> foundElements = new List<string>();
xnodWorking = xnod.FirstChild;
while (xnodWorking != null)
{
if(xnodworking.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element && !foundElements.Contains(xnodworking.Name))
{
result.Append(GetOutline(indentLevel + 1, xnodWorking));
foundElements.Add(xnodworking.Name);
}
xnodWorking = xnodWorking.NextSibling;
}
}
return result.ToString();
}