Question

I have string simillar to

xmlDataEntAddAttr = @"<ADDITIONAL INFO>
                            <Host> Test Host Name </Host>
                            <IP Address>Test IP Address</IP Address>
                            <Domain>Test Domain</Domain>
                            <Host Method>Test Host Method</Host Method>
                            <Flag>Test Flag</Flag>
                      </ADDITIONAL INFO>";

How can i read this into a String list with tag names and Values in it or in any collection.
Please not the inner Tags like <Host></Host> can be any value only constant thing here is the root means <ADDITIONAL INFO></ADDITIONAL INFO>.

Please suggest any method to parse.

Answer 1

Use a XDocument (in the System.Xml.Linq namespace) and Linq to Xml.

XDocument xDocument = XDocument.Parse(xmlDataEntAddAttr);
Dictionary<string, string> result = xDocument.Root.Elements().ToDictionary(element => element.Name.LocalName, element => element.Value);

However, your string is not a valid XML. You can’t have whitespace in the XML element names. A valid version of you string is:

xmlDataEntAddAttr = @"<ADDITIONAL_INFO>
                            <Host> Test Host Name </Host>
                            <IP_Address>Test IP Address</IP_Address>
                            <Domain>Test Domain</Domain>
                            <Host_Method>Test Host Method</Host_Method>
                            <Flag>Test Flag</Flag>
                      </ADDITIONAL_INFO>";