Creating xml document in c sharp

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Hi Everybody,

I have to create one xml file which will have total 98 nodes.
like below:

XML

<root>
<child1>
<a></a>

..
</child1>
<child2>
<c></c>
<d></d>
..
</child2>
....
</root>

Note:All 98 node names are different.Its not like (row1,row2,row3..)

Can anybody suggest me any solution/business logic/steps to create this huge xml file by c sharp code?

Below are some node names: <ROOT>- <ASSETINFO>
<ASSETID></ASSETID><MODEL></MODEL><SERIALNUMBER></SERIALNUMBER><MANUFACTURER></MANUFACTURER><EDSASSETTAG></EDSASSETTAG><CLIENTASSETTAG></CLIENTASSETTAG><OTHERASSETTAG></OTHERASSETTAG><SYSTEMNAME></SYSTEMNAME><IPADDRESS></IPADDRESS><SERVICEITEMDESCRIPTION></SERVICEITEMDESCRIPTION><OPERATINGSYSTEM></OPERATINGSYSTEM></ASSETINFO>- <SYSTEMCPUINFO><AFFECTEDITEM></AFFECTEDITEM><MANUFACTURER></MANUFACTURER><MODEL></MODEL><ASSETDESCRIPTION></ASSETDESCRIPTION><SERIALNO></SERIALNO><EDSASSETTAG></EDSASSETTAG><CLIENTASSETTAG></CLIENTASSETTAG><OTHERASSETTAG></OTHERASSETTAG></SYSTEMCPUINFO>- <CONTACTINFO>..... </CONTACTINFO></ROOT>

Posted 12-Apr-11 3:33am

Sugato Pal

Updated 12-Apr-11 4:11am

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musefan 12-Apr-11 9:45am

Well what is it that determines the nodes in the XML?

Tarun.K.S 12-Apr-11 10:14am

Please post the Xml nodes properly. Its unreadable.

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Solution 2

First link in Google for "Creating xml document in c#"

http://paulsiu.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/creating-a-xml-document-from-scratch-without-using-a-file-in-c/[^]

Posted 12-Apr-11 3:55am

jim lahey

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Apr-11 12:27pm

Useful article to the purpose. My 5.
--SA

Solution 3

Take a look at this: Creating XML Trees in C# (LINQ to XML)[^]

It uses XElement class to generate a XML file.
This code will generate an output like this one.

XElement address = new XElement("Address",
    new XElement("Street1", "123 Main St"),
    new XElement("City", "Mercer Island"),
    new XElement("State", "WA"),
    new XElement("Postal", "68042")
);
Console.WriteLine(address);

Output

XML

<Address>
  <Street1>123 Main St</Street1>
  <City>Mercer Island</City>
  <State>WA</State>
  <Postal>68042</Postal>
</Address>

The nice thing with XElement is that you just build more and more nodes on it.
And when you are done, call .Save("filename.xml");

Posted 12-Apr-11 4:29am

Kim Togo

Updated 12-Apr-11 4:35am

v2

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Tarun.K.S · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-12T03:54:00

Solution 1

Here is a way to create an xml file :
I have used an XmlTextWriter class as you said the XML file can be heavy.
Here is the code snippet, put it where you want to.

C#

String filePath = @"C:\Whatis.xml";
FileStream fs = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);
XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(fs, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);

writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented; //Used so that it can be easily viewed in notepad

writer.WriteStartDocument(true);
writer.WriteStartElement("root");

for (int i = 1; i <= 98; i++)
{
    writer.WriteStartElement("child" + i.ToString());
    writer.WriteStartElement("a" + i.ToString());
    writer.WriteEndElement(); //close the "a" element
    writer.WriteEndElement(); //close the "child" element
}
writer.WriteEndElement(); //closes the "root" element
writer.Close();
fs.Close();

Your xml file will be stored in the C: drive in .xml format.

Read it using XmlTextReader class which is generally used for reading large XML files.

Hope it helped!

Posted 12-Apr-11 3:54am

Tarun.K.S

Updated 12-Apr-11 4:00am

v2

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Sugato Pal 12-Apr-11 10:06am

Thanks Tarun .But my problem is there is no match in the node names.I already mentioned it won't be same.Below are some node names:
<root>- <assetinfo><assetid><model><serialnumber><manufacturer><edsassettag><clientassettag><otherassettag><systemname><ipaddress><serviceitemdescription><operatingsystem>- <systemcpuinfo><affecteditem><manufacturer><model><assetdescription><serialno><edsassettag><clientassettag><otherassettag>- <contactinfo>..... To get this format i thik for loop will not serve.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Apr-11 12:26pm

Pay attention to the Answer!
XmlTextWriter and XmlTextReader can do anything at all. It's up to you and application logic to tackle different nodes. I see no problem.
--SA

BobJanova 12-Apr-11 10:41am

If they are all different and follow no pattern then you will have to write them all individually. If the names are all different but the data follows a pattern then you can store the names in a list and loop through that.

Sugato Pal 12-Apr-11 10:51am

Yes you are right..Thanks

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Apr-11 12:26pm

My 5.
--SA

Tarun.K.S 12-Apr-11 13:11pm

Thanks SA.