Question

I want to read the following xml using c#.

<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <sectionGroup name="spring">
      <section name="context" type="Spring.Context.Support.ContextHandler, Spring.Core" />
      <section name="objects" type="Spring.Context.Support.DefaultSectionHandler, Spring.Core" />
    </sectionGroup>
  </configSections>
  <spring>
    <context>
      <resource uri="config://spring/objects" />
    </context>
    <objects xmlns="http://www.springframework.net">
<object></object>
</objects>
</spring>
</configuration>

It wont identify xmlns from objects node.

string xmlFile = @"App1.config";
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.Load(xmlFile);
XmlNodeList nodeList = xmlDoc.SelectNodes("configuration/spring/objects/object");
foreach (XmlElement xmlElement in nodeList)
{
    string id = xmlElement.GetAttribute("id");  //Output - SimulatorControlTCP
    XmlNodeList xmlPropertyNodeList = xmlElement.SelectNodes("property");
    foreach (XmlElement xmlPropertyElement in xmlPropertyNodeList)
    {
        id = xmlPropertyElement.GetAttribute("value");
        if ((id.Contains("tcp") || id.Contains("http")) && id.Contains("localhost"))
        {
            id = id.Replace("localhost","1.1.1.1");
            xmlPropertyElement.Attributes[1].Value = id;
            xmlDoc.Save(xmlFile); 
        }
    }

}

It won’t go inside foreach loop. If I remove xmlns , then the above code works fine.

Answer 1

one way:

            DataSet ds = new DataSet();
            ds.ReadXml(Server.MapPath("YourFile.xml"));
            GridView1.DataSource = ds;
            GridView1.DataBind();

Next way:

<asp:Xml ID="Xml1" runat="server" DocumentSource="~/XML/XMLFile.xml">
    </asp:Xml>

For more about 2nd method see
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/ASPNET_20_XMLControl.aspx