Operate xml using linq to XML

LINQ to XML provides a more convenient way to read and write xml. Some of the comments in the previous articles mentioned this. Why don't you use linq to xml? Now it's time to get out of the box.
The System. Xml. Linq namespace in. Net provides the support for linq to xml. XDocument, XElement, and XText and XAttribute in this namespace provide key methods for reading and writing xml documents.
1. Use linq to xml to write xml:
The XDocument constructor can be used to construct an Xml document object. The XElement object can be used to construct an xml node element. The XAttribute constructor can be used to construct element attributes; the XText constructor can be used to construct the text in the node.
Example code:
View sourceprint? Class Program

{

Static void Main (string [] args)

{

Var xDoc = new XDocument (new XElement ("root ",

New XElement ("dog ",

New XText ("dog said black is a beautify color "),

New XAttribute ("color", "black ")),

New XElement ("cat "),

New XElement ("pig", "pig is great ")));

// The encoding of xml output by xDoc is the system default encoding, and gb2312 is used for the simplified Chinese operating system.

// By default, the xml format is indented without formatting.

XDoc. Save (Console. Out );

Console. Read ();

}

}

The above code will output the following Xml:
View sourceprint? <? Xml version = "1.0" encoding = "gb2312"?>

<Root>

<Dog color = "black"> dog said black is a beautify color </dog>

<Cat/>

<Pig> pig is great </pig>

</Root>

It can be seen that the convenience of linq to xml is much higher than that of XmlDocument and XmlWriter.
2. Use linq to xml to read xml
The object is queried from the collection, and the collection in the Linq to xml is queried through the Elements (), Elements (string name ), and several overload methods of Descendants, DescendantsAndSelf, Ancestors, and AncestorsAndSelf.
After the XElement set is obtained, the Attribute Value of the element can be obtained through the Attribute (string name) method of XElement, and the text Value of the node can be obtained through the Value Attribute of XElement; using linq, you can easily perform queries and sort by filtering.
Or the xml in the above example. We need to read all the bytes of the root and print them out, as shown in the following code:
View sourceprint? Class Program

{

Static void Main (string [] args)

{

Var xDoc = new XDocument (new XElement ("root ",

New XElement ("dog ",

New XText ("dog said black is a beautify color "),

New XAttribute ("color", "black ")),

New XElement ("cat "),

New XElement ("pig", "pig is great ")));

// The encoding of xml output by xDoc is the system default encoding, and gb2312 is used for the simplified Chinese operating system.

// By default, the xml format is indented without formatting.

XDoc. Save (Console. Out );

Console. WriteLine ();

Var query = from item in xDoc. Element ("root"). Elements ()

Select new

{

TypeName = item. Name,

Saying = item. Value,

Color = item. Attribute ("color") = null? (String) null: item. Attribute ("color"). Value

};

Foreach (var item in query)

{

Console. WriteLine ("{0}'s color is {1}, {0} said {2}", item. TypeName, item. Color ?? "Unknown", item. Saying ?? "Nothing ");

}

Console. Read ();

}

}

3. Simple Applications of Linq to xml

Application requirement: Read the rss of the blog site and output the latest 10 blog posts on the page.

Implementation key points: Load Xml using the XDocument Load Static Method, and query the latest 10 data records through linq

The Code is as follows:

View sourceprint? <% @ Page Language = "C #" AutoEventWireup = "true" %>

<Script runat = "server">

Protected override void OnLoad (EventArgs e)

{

// In practical application, the Html code generated by reading the RSS of the blog park shows the latest blog list

// Load Xml using the Load Static Method of XDocument

Var rssXDoc = XDocument. Load ("http://www.cnblogs.com/rss ");

// Use linq to xml to query the first 10 new blogs

Var queryBlogs = (from blog in rssXDoc. Descendants ("item ")

Select new

{

Title = blog. Element ("title"). Value,

Url = blog. Element ("link"). Value,

PostTime = DateTime. Parse (blog. Element ("pubDate"). Value)

}). Take (20 );

RepeaterBlogs. DataSource = queryBlogs;

RepeaterBlogs. DataBind ();

Base. OnLoad (e );

}

</Script>

<! DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-// W3C // dtd xhtml 1.0 Transitional // EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<Html xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<Head runat = "server">

<Title> Linq to Xml instance </title>

</Head>

<Body>

<Ol>

<Asp: Repeater ID = "repeaterBlogs" EnableViewState = "false" runat = "server">

<ItemTemplate>

<Li> <span style = "float: right">

<% # Eval ("PostTime") %> </span> <a href = "<% # Eval (" Url ") %> "> <% # Eval (" Title ") %> </a> </li>

</ItemTemplate>

</Asp: Repeater>

</Ol>

</Body>

</Html>

C # makes reading and writing Xml easier.