Question

I have a similar scenario as this one:

public class TestLinq2Xml {   private XElement GenerateSomeXml()   {      return XElement.Parse(@'<MyObject>                                 <Properties>                                    <Name>My object 1</Name>                                    <Position>0; 0; 0</Position>                                 </Properties>                              </MyObject>');   }  public void ExploreXmlNode() {   var xmlTree = this.GenerateSomeXml();    var name = xmlTree.Element('MyObject').Element('Properties').Element('Name').Value;    Console.WriteLine(name); } 

}

Ok, this is very simplified. ….but it still wont work. Any ideas on what I’m doing wrong here?

Edit:

Oh, almost forgot. The problem is that xmlTree.Element('MyObject') returns an empty linq sequence. Even though I clearly have a node named ‘MyObject’.

Answer 1

The XElement.Parse returns an XElement which is the <MyObject> node. Try:-

var name = xmlTree.Element(‘Properties’).Element(‘Name’).Value;