xml: Xml Reading With Settings sample(asp.net)

by the3factory 3/3/2008 10:38:00 PM

Employees.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<employees>
<employee id="1">
<name>
<firstName>Nancy</firstName>
<lastName>lastName</lastName>
</name>
<city>Seattle</city>
<state>WA</state>
<zipCode>98122</zipCode>
</employee>
</employees>

Demo:

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Xml" %>
<script runat="server">
void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//Location of XML file
        string xmlFilePath = "Employees.xml";
//Create the XmlReaderSettings object and set appropriate properties
        XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
settings.IgnoreComments = true;
settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true;
try
{
//Get reference to the XmlReader object
            using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(xmlFilePath, settings))
{
string result;
while (reader.Read())
{
//Process only the elements
                    if (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
{
//Reset the variable for a new element
                        result = "";
for (int count = 1; count <= reader.Depth; count++)
{
result += "===";
}
result += "=> " + reader.Name + "<br/>";
lblResult.Text += result;
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
lblResult.Text = "An Exception occurred: " + ex.Message;
}
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Reading an XML File using XmlReader with XmlReaderSettings</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:label id="lblResult" runat="server" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>