Question

Please see the sample xml given below. As per a requirement, I need to have a similar structure. Could someone verify if this is valid XML.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<book>
   <name>name1</name>
   <price>price1</price>
</book>
<book>
   <name>name2</name>
   <price>price2</price>
</book>
<book>
   <name>name3</name>
   <price>price3</price>
</book>

Answer 1

It isn’t.

An XML document must have a single root element.

i.e. the element you open first must be the element you close last.

The first element you open is book on line 2. You close it on line 5. On line 6 you open another book.

You probably want to wrap all the book elements with a books element or a library element.