Question

I cannot understand this code.

        XDocument loaded = XDocument.Load(PATH);
        var devices = new List<Device>(loaded.Descendants("Device").Select(e => new Device
        {
            UserName = "xxx",
            Domain = e.Element("domain").Value,
            FQDN = e.Element("fqdn").Value,
            Password = e.Element("password").Value,

        }));

How does it add these elements, and get the list of devices?

Answer 1

This code use LINQ to read the XML and create a list of Device objects with the info of the XML.

Filling the field like this:

• UserName = “xxx” always the UserName property have the same value xxx
• Domain = the value of domain element in the xml
• FQDN = the value of fqdn element in the XML
• Password = the value of password element in the xml

your XML is like this:

<Devices>
  <Device>
    <domain>domainValue</domain>
    <fqdn>fqdnValue</fqdn>
    <password>passwordValue</password>
  </Device>
</Devices>