Parse Xml using Linq

CSharp · Console

/Program.cs

using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;
					
public class Program
{
	
	  public class People
        {
            public string Name { get; set; }
            public string Age { get; set; }
            public IList<Hobbies> Hobby { get; set; }
        }
        public class Hobbies
        {
            public string Title { get; set; }
            public string Description { get; set; }
        }
	
	public static void Main()
	{
		
            string xml = @"   <people>  
            <person>
                <name>Mr Brown</name>
                <age>40</age>
                <hobby>
                    <title>Eating</title>
                    <description>eats a lot</description>
                </hobby>
                <hobby>
                    <title>Sleeping</title>
                    <description>sleeps a lot</description>
                </hobby>
            </person>
            <person>
                <name>Mr White</name>
                <age>40</age>
                <hobby>
                    <title>Skiing</title>
                    <description>more details on this</description>
                </hobby>
                <hobby>
                    <title>Football</title>
                    <description>watches football</description>
                </hobby>
            </person>
            </people>";


            

            XElement element=XElement.Parse(xml);


            var person = from a in element.Descendants("person")
                           select new People
                            {
                                Name = a.Element("name").Value,
                                Age = a.Element("age").Value,
                                Hobby = a.Descendants("hobby")
                                         .Select(x => new Hobbies
                                                    {
                                                        Title = x.Element("title").Value,
                                                        Description = x.Element("description").Value
                                                    }).ToList()
                            };
		
		foreach(var d in person)
		{
		
			Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Name = {0}:Age={1}:Hobbies:{2}",d.Name,d.Age,d.Hobby.Count()));
		
		}
		
	}
}