Read XML file easily with LINQ to XML

/*By Jiangong SUN*/

How to read XML file easily?

1. You can get your stream with a given url.

        private string GetStreamString(string url)
        {
            try
            {
                WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url);
                HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
                Stream streamResponse = response.GetResponseStream();
                StreamReader streamRead = new StreamReader(streamResponse);
                return streamRead.ReadToEnd();
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Log.Error(e);
                return null;
            }
        }

2. Then get your XElement you want using LINQ to XML request:

        private static IEnumerable<XElement> GetElements(string streamString, string matchName)
        {
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(streamString))
            {
                XDocument xml = XDocument.Parse(streamString);


                IEnumerable<XElement> d = (from x in xml.Root.Elements(matchName)
                                           select x);
                return d;
            }
            else
            {
                return null;
            }
        }

3. Then you can treat the data and use it your application.


A simple example: 

RList = (from range in Ranges.Elements("node").Elements("subnode")
        select range).ToList();

Enjoy coding!