how to read xml attribute values

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Hi,
i have a xml and i want to read the attribute values, how do i do that?
xml:

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ContentMap tag="sdsdsadsadsadasdsadas">
  <ContentNode type="BusinessProcess" name="MainProcess" url="mainbprocess.svg" tag="c2532e51-704f-45e9-abc7-f8a2a7b1f422">
    <ContentNode type="BusinessProcess" name="Sub Bus Process1" url="subbprocess1.svg" tag="c2532e51-704f-45e9-abc7-f8a2a7b1f423">
      <ContentNode type="ApplicationProcess" name="Sub App Process1" url="subappprocess1.svg" tag="c2532e51-704f-45e9-abc7-f8a2a7b1f424">
        <ContentNode type="ReusableApplicationComponent" name="Sub App Component1" url="subappcomponent1.html" tag="c2532e51-704f-45e9-abc7-f8a2a7b1f427">
        </ContentNode>
        <ContentNode type="CustomApplicationComponent" name="Sub App Component2" url="subappcomponent2.html" tag="c2532e51-704f-45e9-abc7-f8a2a7b1f428">
        </ContentNode>
      </ContentNode>
    </ContentNode>
    <ContentNode type="ApplicationProcess" name="Sub App Process2" url="subappprocess2.svg" tag="c2532e51-704f-45e9-abc7-f8a2a7b1f425">
      <ContentNode type="ReusableApplicationComponent" name="Sub App Component3" url="subappcomponent3.html" tag="c2532e51-704f-45e9-abc7-f8a2a7b1f429">
      </ContentNode>
    </ContentNode>
  </ContentNode>
</ContentMap>

Posted 28-Nov-11 22:36pm

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koolprasad2003 · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-28T22:44:00

Solution 1

You need to use XMLReader to read the XML. check following code.

C#

System.Xml.XmlReader xmlReader = System.Xml.XmlReader.Create(\\XML_File_path);
while(xmlReader.Read())
{
   if(XmlNodeType.Attribute)
   {
     //get AttributeName and Value
     Response.Write(xmlReader.Name.ToString()+ ": " + xmlReader.Value.ToString()));                    
    }
}

Posted 28-Nov-11 22:44pm

koolprasad2003

Updated 28-Nov-11 22:45pm

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RaviRanjanKr 29-Nov-11 4:49am

My 5+

gokulnath1 29-Nov-11 5:00am

thank u :)

RaisKazi 29-Nov-11 5:01am

My 5.

koolprasad2003 29-Nov-11 5:15am

Thanks to all

RaviRanjanKr · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-28T22:51:00

Solution 2

Try

C#

XmlNodeList elemList = doc.GetElementsByTagName(...);
   for (int i = 0; i < elemList.Count; i++)
   {
       string attrVal = elemList[i].Attributes["AttributeName"].Value;
   }

or you can also try
XmlTextReader: read all attributes[^]
Read XML node attributes data in C#[^]

Posted 28-Nov-11 22:51pm

RaviRanjanKr

Updated 28-Nov-11 22:53pm

v2

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gokulnath1 29-Nov-11 4:56am

thanks a lot....:) it worked... :)

RaviRanjanKr 29-Nov-11 5:11am

I glad! I helped you.:)

RaisKazi 29-Nov-11 5:02am

My 5.

RaviRanjanKr 29-Nov-11 5:11am

Thanks :)

gokulnath1 · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-27T18:53:00

a much simpler way:

C#

foreach (XmlNode n1 in list)
            {
                string str = n1.Attributes["name"].Value;
            }

this string str will have the value of the attribute name of each node, likewise just give the name of the attribute u want and we can access the value.so simple :)