I have this code that work fine to create an xml document for my WPF application.
var doc = new XmlDocument();
XmlNode docNode = doc.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", null);
doc.AppendChild(docNode);
var parentNode = doc.CreateElement("manga");
doc.AppendChild(parentNode);
foreach (var mList in mangaList)
{
var itemNode = doc.CreateElement("item");
var itemAttribute = doc.CreateAttribute("value");
itemAttribute.Value = mList.Key;
itemNode.InnerText = mList.Value;
itemNode.Attributes.Append(itemAttribute);
parentNode.AppendChild(itemNode);
}
var writer = new XmlTextWriter(#"Data\mangalist.xml", null);
writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
doc.Save(writer);
writer.Close();
Now I want to create similar application for Windows Phone 7.5 and i'm stuck in porting above code to be able to run in WP. After quick searching i found that XmlDocument is not available in Windows Phone and have to switch using XDocument. I am far from familiar with XDocument and hope somebody can help to me make my windows phone apps outputting the same xml.
Thanks
Solution :
After good hints from #Pradeep Kesharwani and #dav_i I managed to port those codes above to use XDocument and StreamWriter instead of XmlDocument and XmlTextWriter which are not available for WP:
var doc = new XDocument(new XDeclaration("1.0", "utf-8", "no"));
var root = new XElement("manga");
var mangaList = new Dictionary<string, string>();
mangaList.Add("conan", "conan");
mangaList.Add("naruto", "naruto");
foreach (var mList in mangaList)
{
var itemNode = new XElement("item");
var itemAttribute = new XAttribute("value", mList.Key);
itemNode.Value = mList.Value;
itemNode.Add(itemAttribute);
root.Add(itemNode);
}
doc.Add(root);
using (var writer = new StreamWriter(#"Data\mangalist2.xml"))
{
writer.Write(doc.ToString());
}
As I said in comments, XDocument is pretty straight forward -
new XDocument(
new XDeclaration("1.0", "utf-8", "no"),
new XElement("root",
new XElement("something",
new XAttribute("attribute", "asdf"),
new XElement("value", 1234),
new XElement("value2", 4567)
),
new XElement("something",
new XAttribute("attribute", "asdf"),
new XElement("value", 1234),
new XElement("value2", 4567)
)
)
)
Gives the following
<root>
<something attribute="asdf">
<value>1234</value>
<value2>4567</value2>
</something>
<something attribute="asdf">
<value>1234</value>
<value2>4567</value2>
</something>
</root>
Hopefully this will help you!
To automatically populate in a loop, you could do something like this:
var somethings = new List<XElement>();
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
somethings.Add(new XElement("something", new XAttribute("attribute", i + 1)));
var document = new XDocument(
new XElement("root",
somethings));
Which results in
<root>
<something attribute="1" />
<something attribute="2" />
<something attribute="3" />
</root>
This Create method could be used to create a xml doc in wp7
private void CreateXml()
{
string xmlStr = "<RootNode></RootNode>";
XDocument document = XDocument.Parse(xmlStr);
XElement ex = new XElement(new XElement("FirstNOde"));
XElement ex1 = new XElement(new XElement("second"));
ex1.Value = "fdfgf";
ex.Add(ex1);
document.Root.Add(new XElement("ChildNode", "World!"));
document.Root.Add(new XElement("ChildNode", "World!"));
document.Root.Add(ex);
string newXmlStr = document.ToString();
}
This will be the created xml
<RootNode>
<ChildNode>World!</ChildNode>
<ChildNode>World!</ChildNode>
<FirstNOde>
<second>fdfgf</second>
</FirstNOde>
</RootNode>
public void ReadXml()
{
IsolatedStorageFileStream isoFileStream = myIsolatedStorage.OpenFile("Your xml file name", FileMode.Open);
using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(isoFileStream))
{
XDocument xml = XDocument.Load(reader);
XElement root1 = xml.Root;
}
}
Related
I've got this XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<JMF SenderID="InkZone-Controller" Version="1.2">
<Command ID="cmd.00695" Type="Resource">
<ResourceCmdParams ResourceName="InkZoneProfile" JobID="K_41">
<InkZoneProfile ID="r0013" Class="Parameter" Locked="false" Status="Available" PartIDKeys="SignatureName SheetName Side Separation" DescriptiveName="Schieberwerte von DI" ZoneWidth="32">
<InkZoneProfile SignatureName="SIG1">
<InkZoneProfile Locked="False" SheetName="S1">
<InkZoneProfile Side="Front">
<ColorPool Class="Parameter" DescriptiveName="Colors for the job" Status="Available">
<InkZoneProfile Separation="PANTONE 647 C" ZoneSettingsX="0 0,003 " />
</ColorPool>
</InkZoneProfile>
</InkZoneProfile>
</InkZoneProfile>
</InkZoneProfile>
</ResourceCmdParams>
</Command>
</JMF>
I'm trying to add a node after a specific node() , using XElement and Linq. But my LINQ query always returns me null.
Tried this:
XElement InkZonePath = XmlDoc.Element("JMF").Elements("InkZoneProfile").Where(z => z.Element("InkZoneProfile").Attribute("Side").Value == "Front").SingleOrDefault();
And this:
XmlDoc.Element("JMF")
.Elements("InkZoneProfile").Where(InkZoneProfile => InkZoneProfile.Attribute("Side")
.Value == "Front").FirstOrDefault().AddAfterSelf(new XElement("InkZoneProfile",
new XAttribute("Separation", x.colorname),
new XAttribute("ZoneSettingsX", x.colorvalues)));
I've built this queries following those examples:
Select XElement where child element has a value
Insert XElements after a specific node
LINQ-to-XML XElement query NULL
But it didn't worked as expected. What is wrong with the LINQ Query ? From what i've read it should work (logically reading the expression i can understand it).
Thanks
EDIT-1: Entire writexml Method
public void writexml(xmldatalist XMLList, variables GlobalVars)
{
XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings
{
Indent = true,
IndentChars = "\t",
NewLineChars = Environment.NewLine,
NewLineHandling = NewLineHandling.Replace,
Encoding = new UTF8Encoding(false)
};
string DesktopFolder = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory);
string FileExtension = ".xml";
string PathString = Path.Combine(DesktopFolder, "XML");
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(PathString);
foreach (List<xmldata> i in XMLList.XMLArrayList)
{
int m = 0;
foreach (var x in i)
{
string XMLFilename = System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(x.xml_filename);
GlobalVars.FullPath = Path.Combine(PathString, XMLFilename + FileExtension);
if (!File.Exists(GlobalVars.FullPath))
{
XDocument doc = new XDocument(
new XDeclaration("1.0", "utf-8", "yes"),
new XElement("JMF",
new XAttribute("SenderID", "InkZone-Controller"),
new XAttribute("Version", "1.2"),
new XElement("Command",
new XAttribute("ID", "cmd.00695"),
new XAttribute("Type", "Resource"),
new XElement("ResourceCmdParams",
new XAttribute("ResourceName", "InkZoneProfile"),
new XAttribute("JobID", "K_41"),
new XElement("InkZoneProfile",
new XAttribute("ID", "r0013"),
new XAttribute("Class", "Parameter"),
new XAttribute("Locked", "False"),
new XAttribute("Status", "Available"),
new XAttribute("PartIDKeys", "SignatureName SheetName Side Separation"),
new XAttribute("DescriptiveName", "Schieberwerte von DI"),
new XAttribute("ZoneWidth", "32"),
new XElement("InkZoneProfile",
new XAttribute("SignatureName", "SIG1"),
new XElement("InkZoneProfile",
new XAttribute("Locked", "false"),
new XAttribute("SheetName", "S1"),
new XElement("InkZoneProfile",
new XAttribute("Side", "Front"),
new XElement("ColorPoolClass",
new XAttribute("Class", "Parameter"),
new XAttribute("DescriptiveName", "Colors for the job"),
new XAttribute("Status", "Available")
)))))))));
doc.Save(GlobalVars.FullPath);
XDocument XmlDoc = new XDocument();
XmlDoc = XDocument.Load(GlobalVars.FullPath);
XElement InkZonePath = XmlDoc.Root.Descendants("InkZoneProfile").Where(z => (string)z.Attribute("Side") == "Front").SingleOrDefault();
if (InkZonePath != null)
{
InkZonePath.AddAfterSelf(new XElement("InkZoneProfile",
new XAttribute("Separation", x.colorname),
new XAttribute("ZoneSettingsX", x.colorvalues)));
}
XmlDoc.Save(GlobalVars.FullPath);
}//Closing !FileExists
}//Closing inner foreach
}//Closing outer foreach
}//Closing writexml method
The problem with your current code is here : Element("JMF").Elements("InkZoneProfile") Since InkZoneProfile is not a direct child of JMF it will not return anything. Use Descendants instead.
Check difference between Elements & Descendants.
This should give you correct result:-
XElement InkZonePath = xdoc.Element("JMF").Descendants("InkZoneProfile")
.SingleOrDefault(z => (string)z.Attribute("Side") == "Front")
After this you can add whatever node you want to add using AddAfterSelf. Also note I have used SingleOrDefault here, but you may get exception if you have multiple matching nodes with this, In that case consider using FirstOrDefault.
Update:
To add new node:-
if (InkZonePath != null)
{
InkZonePath.AddAfterSelf(new XElement("InkZoneProfile",
new XAttribute("Separation", "Test"),
new XAttribute("ZoneSettingsX", "Test2")));
}
//Save XDocument
xdoc.Save(#"C:\Foo.xml");
You need to use Descendants method instead Elements:
XElement InkZonePath = XmlDoc.Root.Descendants("InkZoneProfile").Where(z => (string)z.Attribute("Side") == "Front").SingleOrDefault();
if(InkZonePath !=null)
InkZonePath.AddAfterSelf(new XElement("InkZoneProfile",
new XAttribute("Separation", x.colorname),
new XAttribute("ZoneSettingsX", x.colorvalues)));
you can use Descendants instead.
var node = XmlDoc.Descendants("InkZoneProfile").Where(x=> x.Attribute("Side") !=null && x.Attribute("Side").Value == "Front").FirstorDefault();
How should I add X there in XElement ?
XDocument triggerDocument = new XDocument(
new XDeclaration("1.0", "utf-8", null));
XElement triggerRoot = new XElement("config",
new XElement("maketool-config",
new XElement("hmi", new XElement("Messages",X))));
triggerDocument.Add(triggerRoot);
triggerDocument.Save(Path.Combine(outPath, "_triggers.xml"));
for (int i = 0; i <= events.Count; i++)
{
foreach (var item in events)
{
triggerRoot.Add(new XElement("n",
new XAttribute("page", item.page),
new XAttribute("sequence", item.sequence),
new XAttribute("priority", item.priority),
new XAttribute("errorText", item.errorText)
));
}
}
so it should look like this :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<config schema ="sdk-hmi.xsd">
<maketool-config>
<hmi>
<messages>
<n page="" sequence="" priority="" errorText="" />
<n page="" sequence="" priority="" errorText="" />
<n page="" sequence="" priority="" errorText="" />
<n page="" sequence="" priority="" errorText="" />
<n page="" sequence="" priority="" errorText="" />
</messages>
</hmi>
</maketool-config>
</config>
You can pass an XElement[] or IEnumerable<XElement> to XElement's constructor:
var messages = events.Select(item => new XElement("n",
new XAttribute("page", item.page),
new XAttribute("sequence", item.sequence),
new XAttribute("priority", item.priority),
new XAttribute("errorText", item.errorText)
));
XDocument triggerDocument = new XDocument(
new XDeclaration("1.0", "utf-8", null));
XElement triggerRoot = new XElement("config",
new XElement("maketool-config",
new XElement("hmi",
new XElement("Messages", messages))) // <<<--- This is the important part.
);
triggerDocument.Add(triggerRoot);
You can try this:
XDocument triggerDocument = new XDocument(
new XDeclaration("1.0", "utf-8", null));
XElement triggerRoot = new XElement("config",
new XElement("maketool-config",
new XElement("hmi", new XElement("Messages"))));
triggerDocument.Add(triggerRoot);
XElement msgNode = triggerRoot.Elements("Messages")
.SingleOrDefault();
if (msgNode != null)
{
foreach (var item in events)
{
msgNode.Add(new XElement("n",
new XAttribute("page", item.page),
new XAttribute("sequence", item.sequence),
new XAttribute("priority", item.priority),
new XAttribute("errorText", item.errorText)
));
}
}
May this will help to add nodes...
//file name
string filename = #"d:\temp\XMLFile2.xml";
//create new instance of XmlDocument
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
//load from file
doc.Load(filename);
//create node and add value
XmlNode node = doc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "Genre_Genre_Country", null);
node.InnerText = "this is new node";
//add to elements collection
doc.DocumentElement.AppendChild(node);
//save back
doc.Save(filename);
I need to change the second line to config schema ="xxx.xsd" how can I do that ?
1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
2<**config**>
3<maketool-config>
.
.
.
</maketool-config>
</config>
here is the code :
XElement triggerRoot = new XElement("config",
new XElement("maketool-config",
);
var doc = new XmlDocument();
var triggerRoot = new XElement("config", new XElement("maketool-config", ""));
var newAttribute = doc.CreateAttribute("schema");
newAttribute.Value = "xxx.xsd";
triggerRoot.SetAttributeValue("schema", "xxx.xsd");
I've used the following code to create an XML file:
XmlWriterSettings xmlWriterSettings = new XmlWriterSettings();
xmlWriterSettings.Indent = true;
xmlWriterSettings.NewLineOnAttributes = true;
using (XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create("Test.xml", xmlWriterSettings))
{
xmlWriter.WriteStartDocument();
xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("School");
xmlWriter.WriteEndElement();
xmlWriter.WriteEndDocument();
xmlWriter.Close();
}
I need to insert nodes dynamically creating the following structure:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<School />
<Student>
<FirstName>David</FirstName>
<LastName>Smith</LastName>
</Student>
...
<Teacher>
<FirstName>David</FirstName>
<LastName>Smith</LastName>
</Teacher>
...
</School>
How can I do it? The values of "FirstName" and "LastName" should be read from the keyboard and the values can be entered at any time, of course under existing.
you can use Linq Xml
XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(xmlFilePath);
XElement school = doc.Element("School");
school.Add(new XElement("Student",
new XElement("FirstName", "David"),
new XElement("LastName", "Smith")));
doc.Save(xmlFilePath);
Edit
if you want to add Element to Existing <Student>, just add an Attribute before
school.add(new XElement("Student",
new XAttribute("ID", "ID_Value"),
new XElement("FirstName", "David"),
new XElement("LastName", "Smith")));
Then you can add further Details to the Existing <Student> by search -> get -> add
XElement particularStudent = doc.Element("School").Elements("Student")
.Where(student => student.Attribute("ID").Value == "SearchID")
.FirstOrDefault();
if(particularStudent != null)
particularStudent.Add(new XElement("<NewElementName>","<Value>");
finally I succeeded :)
if (!File.Exists("Test.xml"))
{
XmlWriterSettings xmlWriterSettings = new XmlWriterSettings();
xmlWriterSettings.Indent = true;
xmlWriterSettings.NewLineOnAttributes = true;
using (XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create("Test.xml", xmlWriterSettings))
{
xmlWriter.WriteStartDocument();
xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("School");
xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("Student");
xmlWriter.WriteElementString("FirstName", firstName);
xmlWriter.WriteElementString("LastName", lastName);
xmlWriter.WriteEndElement();
xmlWriter.WriteEndElement();
xmlWriter.WriteEndDocument();
xmlWriter.Flush();
xmlWriter.Close();
}
}
else
{
XDocument xDocument = XDocument.Load("Test.xml");
XElement root= xDocument.Element("School");
IEnumerable<XElement> rows = root.Descendants("Student");
XElement firstRow= rows.First();
firstRow.AddBeforeSelf(
new XElement("Student",
new XElement("FirstName", firstName),
new XElement("LastName", lastName)));
xDocument.Save("Test.xml");
}
Let me give you a suggestion. When you creating your xml file, give an unique id to your students like this:
// to store the id variable, if you create more than one student you can increase it
count = 0;
xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("School");
xmlWriter.WriteAttributeString("ID",count.ToString());
xmlWriter.WriteEndElement();
Then when you need to add information to this student you can get ID,Firstname and Lastname and you can edit your XML file with LINQ to XML like this:
int id = Convert.ToInt32(txtStudentId.Text);
XDocument xDoc = XDocument.Load("Test.xml");
XElement student = xDoc.Descendants("Student").Where(x => (string) x.Attribute("ID") == id).FirstOrDefault();
if (student != null)
{
string firstName = txtFirstName.Text;
string lastName = txtLastName.Text;
XElement first = new XElement("FirstName", firstName);
XElement last = new XElement("LastName", lastName);
student.Add(first);
student.Add(last);
xDoc.Save("Test.xml");
}
I have a suggestion for the next time:
string nameFile = "Test.xml";
bool newFile = false;
if (!File.Exists(nameFile))
{
newFile = true;
XmlWriterSettings xmlWriterSettings = new XmlWriterSettings();
xmlWriterSettings.Indent = true;
xmlWriterSettings.NewLineOnAttributes = true;
xmlWriter.WriteStartDocument();
xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("School");
xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create("Test.xml", xmlWriterSettings))
}
else
{
doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(nameFile);
// Create a XPathNavigator
// You can go where you want to add
// In this case it is just after last child of the roor
XPathNavigator navigator = doc.CreateNavigator();
navigator.MoveToChild("School", "");
xmlWriter = navigator.AppendChild();
}
// From here you can work only with xmlWriter,
// One will point on a file and the other on the stream of xmlDocument
// So you will need to save the document in the second choise
xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("Student");
xmlWriter.WriteElementString("FirstName", firstName);
xmlWriter.WriteElementString("LastName", lastName);
xmlWriter.WriteEndElement();
// End document / close or save.
if (newFile)
xmlWriter.WriteEndDocument();
xmlWriter.Close();
if (!newFile)
doc.Save(nameFile);
It should work. :)
I know you asked for XmlWriter, but I believe you can achieve this using less code with XDocument. Here is my solution:
var filePath = "path/XmlFile.xml";
var xmlDoc = XDocument.Load(filePath);
var parentElement = new XElement("Student");
var firstNameElement = new XElement("FirstName", firstNameVariable);
var lastNameElement = new XElement("LastName", lastNameVariable);
parentElement.Add(firstNameElement);
parentElement.Add(lastNameElement);
var rootElement = xmlDoc.Element("School");
rootElement?.Add(parentElement);
xmlDoc.save();
This is based on the following XML structure and will append at ... :
<School>
<Student>
<FirstName>John</FirstName>
<LastName>Johnson</LastName>
</Student>
...
</School>
Hope this helps!
am trying to generate an XML document like this through code.
<TestRequest xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://localhost:2292/RMSchema.xsd">
<Version>3</Version>
<ApplicationHeader>
<AppLanguage />
<UserId>rmservice</UserId>
</ApplicationHeader>
<CustomerData>
<ExistingCustomerData>
<MTN>2084127182</MTN>
</ExistingCustomerData>
</CustomerData>
</TestRequest>
I tried some samples. But they create xmlns for the children, which i dont need. Any help is really appreciated.
I have tried the below code. But it is adding only xmlns to all children, which i dont need
XmlDocument xDocument = new XmlDocument();
xDocument.AppendChild(xDocument.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "windows-1252", null));
XmlElement xRoot = xDocument.CreateElement("TestRequest", "XNamespace.Xmlns=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" + " xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=" + "http://localhost:2292/RMSchema.xsd");
xDocument.AppendChild(xRoot);
xRoot.AppendChild(xDocument.CreateElement("Version")).InnerText = 1;
Thanks
Tutu
I have tried with
var xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
XmlElement xRoot = xDocument.CreateElement("xsi","RMRequest",xsi);
xRoot.SetAttribute("noNamespaceSchemaLocation", xsi, "http://localhost:2292/RMSchema.xsd");
xDocument.AppendChild(xRoot);
Now the response is
<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"windows-1252\"?><xsi:TestRequest xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=\"http://localhost:2292/RMSchema.xsd\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">
Here is the awesome LINQ to XML. Enjoy!
XNamespace xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
XDocument doc = new XDocument(new XDeclaration("1.0", "windows-1252", null),
new XElement("TestRequest",
new XAttribute(XNamespace.Xmlns + "xsi", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"),
new XAttribute(xsi + "noNamespaceSchemaLocation", "http://localhost:2292/RMSchema.xsd"),
new XElement("Version",
new XText("3")
),
new XElement("ApplicationHeader",
new XElement("AppLanguage"),
new XElement("UserId",
new XText("rmservice")
)
),
new XElement("CustomerData",
new XElement("ExistingCustomerData",
new XElement("MTN",
new XText("2084127182")
)
)
)
)
);
doc.Save(filePath);
If you really want the old API, here it is:
var xDocument = new XmlDocument();
xDocument.AppendChild(xDocument.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "windows-1252", null));
var xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
var xRoot = xDocument.CreateElement("TestRequest");
var attr = xDocument.CreateAttribute("xsi", "noNamespaceSchemaLocation", xsi);
attr.Value = "http://localhost:2292/RMSchema.xsd";
xRoot.Attributes.Append(attr);
xRoot.AppendChild(xDocument.CreateElement("Version")).InnerText = "1";
// .. your other elemets ...
xDocument.AppendChild(xRoot);
xDocument.Save(filePath);
EDIT: From your comments, it looks like you want the xmlns:xsi and other attribute in that specific order. If so, you may have to trick the XmlDocument to add the xmlns:xsi attribute first.
var xDocument = new XmlDocument();
xDocument.AppendChild(xDocument.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "windows-1252", null));
var xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
var xRoot = xDocument.CreateElement("TestRequest");
// add namespace decl are attribute
var attr = xDocument.CreateAttribute("xmlns:xsi");
attr.Value = xsi;
xRoot.Attributes.Append(attr);
// no need to specify prefix, XmlDocument will figure it now
attr = xDocument.CreateAttribute("noNamespaceSchemaLocation", xsi);
attr.Value = "http://localhost:2292/RMSchema.xsd";
xRoot.Attributes.Append(attr);
xRoot.AppendChild(xDocument.CreateElement("Version")).InnerText = "1";
// .. your other elemets ...
xDocument.AppendChild(xRoot);
xDocument.Save(filePath);
Are you looking for something like this:-
XmlDocument xmldoc = new XmlDocument();
XmlNode root = xmldoc.AppendChild(xmldoc.CreateElement("Root"));
XmlNode child = root.AppendChild(xmldoc.CreateElement("Child"));
XmlAttribute childAtt =child.Attributes.Append(xmldoc.CreateAttribute("Attribute"));
childAtt.InnerText = "My innertext";
child.InnerText = "My node Innertext";
xmldoc.Save("ABC.xml");