Question

So I have this c# code that does a great job at parsing the following XML into an array:

var doc = XDocument.Load(path).Root
                              .Elements()
                              .Select(y => y.Elements().ToDictionary(x => x.Name, x => x.Value))
                              .ToArray();

XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<bbb>
    <a>
        <x>green</x>
        <y>4</y>
        <z>3</z>
    </a>
</bbb>

but I instead want to be able to write the XML like

<a x="green" y="4" z="3" />

How should I change the C# so that it ends up with the same result?

Answer 1

Try this:

.Select(y => y.Attributes()
              .ToDictionary(x => x.Name, x => x.Value))