Create XML Doc in C#

This Sample code will show you how to create a XML document using C#.

Suppose we have Data like:

PublisherName: Wrox

Book Subject: ASP.NET

Book Title:

(1) Beginning ASP.NET MVC 1.0

(2) Silverlight 3 Programmer's Reference

(3) Professional Refactoring in C# & ASP.NET

Book Subject: SQL Server

Book Title:

(1) Beginning Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration

(2) Professional LINQ

And we want to show this data in XML format:

Sample Code to show above Data into XMl Format:

XmlDocument xDoc = new XmlDocument();

XmlNode ndRootNode = xDoc.CreateElement("BookData");

xDoc.AppendChild(ndRootNode);

XmlNode ndPublisher = xDoc.CreateElement("Publisher");

XmlAttribute atName = xDoc.CreateAttribute("Name");

atName.Value = "Wrox";

ndPublisher.Attributes.Append(atName);

ndRootNode.AppendChild(ndPublisher);

XmlNode ndBookSubject1 = xDoc.CreateElement("Subject");

XmlAttribute atSubject1 = xDoc.CreateAttribute("Name");

atSubject1.Value = "ASP.NET";

ndBookSubject1.Attributes.Append(atSubject1) ;

ndPublisher.AppendChild(ndBookSubject1);

XmlNode ndBookTitle1 = xDoc.CreateElement("Title");

ndBookTitle1.AppendChild(xDoc.CreateCDataSection("Beginning ASP.NET MVC 1.0"));

ndBookSubject1.AppendChild(ndBookTitle1);

XmlNode ndBookTitle2 = xDoc.CreateElement("Title");

ndBookTitle2.AppendChild(xDoc.CreateCDataSection("Silverlight 3 Programmer's Reference"));

ndBookSubject1.AppendChild(ndBookTitle2);

XmlNode ndBookTitle3 = xDoc.CreateElement("Title");

ndBookTitle3.AppendChild(xDoc.CreateCDataSection("Professional Refactoring in C# & ASP.NET"));

ndBookSubject1.AppendChild(ndBookTitle3);

XmlNode ndBookSubject2 = xDoc.CreateElement("Subject");

XmlAttribute atSubject2 = xDoc.CreateAttribute("Name");

atSubject2.Value = "SQL Server";

ndBookSubject1.Attributes.Append(atSubject2);

ndPublisher.AppendChild(ndBookSubject2);

XmlNode ndBookTitle4 = xDoc.CreateElement("Title");

ndBookTitle4.AppendChild(xDoc.CreateCDataSection("Beginning Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration"));

ndBookSubject2.AppendChild(ndBookTitle4);

XmlNode ndBookTitle5 = xDoc.CreateElement("Title");

ndBookTitle5.AppendChild(xDoc.CreateCDataSection("Professional LINQ"));

ndBookSubject2.AppendChild(ndBookTitle5);

Output:

<BookData>

<Publisher Name="Wrox">

<Subject Name="SQL Server">

<Title>Beginning ASP.NET MVC 1.0</Title>

<Title>Silverlight 3 Programmer's Reference</Title>

<Title>Professional Refactoring in C# & ASP.NET</Title>

</Subject>

<Subject>

<Title>Beginning Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration</Title>

<Title>Professional LINQ</Title>

</Subject>

</Publisher>

</BookData>

The CreateCDataSection

xDoc.CreateCDataSection("Beginning Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration")

is used to write the data in CData Section