Question

I’m looking for a good way to convert an XmlDocument to Dictionary<string, string> using Linq.

My xml is formatted like this:

<config>
    <field>value</field>
    <field2>value2</field2>
</config>

I’d like to put this into a Dictionary with key value pairs looking like this:

field, value
field2, value2

I’m thinking I should use Linq to do this but I’m not sure about the syntax.

Answer 1

I dont know if its the better way, but its clean & simple..

XElement xdoc = XElement.Load("yourFilePath");
Dictionary<string, string> result = (from element in xdoc.Elements() select new KeyValuePair<string, string>(element.Name.ToString(), element.Value)).ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => x.Value);