Question

i need to convert an XML into an array using asp.net.

I tried searching on the web but couldn’t find the proper solution.

Can someone please help me with this

Thanks,
Alloi

Answer 1

I find LinqToXML helpful in these circumstances. I have a very simple XML document:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<People>
  <Person>
    <id>1</id>
    <name>Dave</name>
  </Person>
  <Person>
    <id>2</id>
    <name>Pete</name>
  </Person>
  <Person>
    <id>3</id>
    <name>Marie</name>
  </Person>
</People>

And the following code that will turn it into an array of objects:

FileStream file = new FileStream("data.xml", FileMode.Open);

XDocument xmldoc = XDocument.Load(file);

var people = (from p in xmldoc.Descendants("Person") 
              select new 
              { 
              ID = p.Element("id").Value, 
              Name = p.Element("name").Value 
              }).ToArray();

foreach (var person in people)
{
    Console.WriteLine(person.Name);
}