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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T08:41:42+00:00 2026-05-11T08:41:42+00:00

Is there a method to use an XML file instead of a database in

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Is there a method to use an XML file instead of a database in the Entity Framework?

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  1. 2026-05-11T08:41:42+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 8:41 am

    Entity Framework itself is provider-based, and is designed to operate over a relational database. If you really wanted to, you could write your own provider for EF that reads from/writes to an xml file, but it would be a huge amount of work.

    I expect you should really be looking at one of:

    • LINQ-to-XML
    • XML (de)serialization
    • XPath/XQuery
    • XSLT

    Entity Framework doesn’t have a natural fit in this scenario.

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