Question

i have the following XML that i need to parse in C#:

<data>
  <customer_id><![CDATA[1414301]]></customer_id>
  <last_modified_date><![CDATA[2011-08-14 11:58:58]]></last_modified_date>
  <customer_first_name><![CDATA[joe]]></customer_first_name>
  <customer_last_name><![CDATA[blow]]></customer_last_name>
</data>

into an object called Result

public class Result
{
  public int customer_id;
  public string customer_first_name;
  public string customer_last_name;
}

the one thing that i am trying to determine is how to get rid of the

 <![CDATA[]]

and just parse out the regular values.

What is the best way of converting this XML to the object above that will support the CDATA syntax above

Answer 1

Not sure what you mean by ‘parse’. If you use an XML DOM parser (or any other type), then you have transparent access to the CDATA values.