using System;

using System.Xml;

using System.Xml.Linq;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        Console.WriteLine("Hello World");

        using (XmlWriter w = XmlWriter.Create("log.xml"))

        {

            w.WriteStartElement("log");

            for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)

            {

                XElement e = new XElement("logentry", 

                                          new XAttribute("id", i), 

                                          new XElement("date", DateTime.Today.AddDays(-1)),

                                          new XElement("source", "test"));

                e.WriteTo(w);

            }

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            w.WriteEndElement();

        }

​

        XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();

        settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true;

        using (XmlReader r = XmlReader.Create("log.xml", settings))

        {

            r.ReadStartElement("log");

            while (r.Name == "logentry")

            {

                XElement logEntry = (XElement)XNode.ReadFrom(r);

                Console.WriteLine(logEntry);

                int id = (int)logEntry.Attribute("id");

                DateTime date = (DateTime)logEntry.Element("date");

                string source = (string)logEntry.Element("source"); 

            }

​

            r.ReadEndElement();

        }

    }

}