How to read a attribute Value under Specific (Node)Element in XML by using C#?

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Actually i want to read following XML doc and take the serverName to a C# variable.I tried using XML reader .but it didn't work for me. can some one help me on this matter.

XML file is :

XML

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ServerConfig>
  <ServerName>Testserver</ServerName>
</ServerConfig>

in C# class :

public static string getServer()
        {
            string serverName = "";
            XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(filename);
            XmlNodeType nType = reader.NodeType;
            //XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
            //settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true;
            //settings.IgnoreComments = true;
            while (reader.Read())
            {
                if (reader.IsStartElement())
                {
                    if (reader.Name == "ServerName")
                    {

                        reader.MoveToFirstAttribute();
                        string attribute = reader.Value.ToString();
                        if (attribute != null)
                        {
                            serverName = attribute.ToString();
                            break;
                        }

                    }
                }
            }
            return (serverName);

        }

so it did nt work!!if some one could tell me how to do it in C#.That would be a great help for me.Thanks in advance!!!

Posted 2-Apr-12 21:27pm

Hesha

Updated 2-Apr-12 22:26pm

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Solution 2

You're trying to read node's attribute, but in your example nodes have no attributes. 'Testserver' is value of <servername> node, not attribute.

C#

public static string getServer()
{
    string serverName = "";
    XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(filename);
    XmlNodeType nType = reader.NodeType;
    //XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
    //settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true;
    //settings.IgnoreComments = true;
    while (reader.Read())
    {
        if (reader.Name == "ServerName")
        {
            serverName = reader.Value;
            break;
        }
    }
    return serverName;
}

Posted 3-Apr-12 0:13am

sjelen

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Clifford Nelson · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-02T22:37:00

Solution 1

The following should work:

XML

XElement child;
string str = @"<?xml version=""1.0""?>
    <ServerConfig>
      <ServerName>Testserver</ServerName>
    </ServerConfig>";
XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(str);
child = doc.Descendants("ServerName").FirstOrDefault();
string name = child.Value;

Posted 2-Apr-12 22:37pm

Clifford Nelson

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