Question

I have an XmlDocument object and xml in the format:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<S xmlns="http://server.com/DAAPI">
    <TIMESTAMP>2010-08-16 17:25:45.633</TIMESTAMP>
    <MY_GROUP>
        <GROUP>1 </GROUP>
        <NAME>Amsterdam</NAME>
        ....
    </MY_GROUP>
    <MY_GROUP>
        <GROUP>2 </GROUP>
        <NAME>Ireland</NAME>
        ....
    </MY_GROUP>
    <MY_GROUP>
        <GROUP>3 </GROUP>
        <NAME>UK</NAME>
        ....
    </MY_GROUP>

Using a Lambda expression (or Linq To XML if it’s more appropriate) on the XmlDocument object how can i do the following:

1. get the text of a specific element, say the text of NAME where GROUP = 1
2. the value of the first occurance of the element “NAME”

Thanks a lot

Answer 1

I have used Linq to XML.

string input = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><S xmlns=\"http://server.com/DAAPI\"><TIMESTAMP>2010-08-16 17:25:45.633</TIMESTAMP><MY_GROUP><GROUP>1 </GROUP><NAME>Amsterdam</NAME>....</MY_GROUP><MY_GROUP><GROUP>2 </GROUP><NAME>Ireland</NAME>....</MY_GROUP><MY_GROUP><GROUP>3 </GROUP><NAME>UK</NAME>....</MY_GROUP></S>";

var doc = XDocument.Parse(input);

XNamespace ns = "http://server.com/DAAPI";

//The first question
var name = (from elem in doc.Root.Elements(ns + "MY_GROUP")
            where elem.Element(ns  + "GROUP") != null    //Checks whether the element actually exists - if you KNOW it does then it can be removed
                && (int)elem.Element(ns + "GROUP") == 1  //This could fail if not an integer - insure it is if nessasary
            select (string)elem.Element(ns + "NAME")).SingleOrDefault();