public string ToXML()
{
using(var stringwriter = new System.IO.StringWriter())
{
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(this.GetType());
serializer.Serialize(stringwriter, this);
return stringwriter.ToString();
}
}
public static YourClass LoadFromXMLString(string xmlText)
{
using(var stringReader = new System.IO.StringReader(xmlText))
{
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(YourClass ));
return serializer.Deserialize(stringReader) as YourClass ;
}
}string test = "<body><head>test header</head></body>";
XmlDocument xmltest = new XmlDocument();
xmltest.LoadXml(test);
XmlNodeList elemlist = xmltest.GetElementsByTagName("head");
string result = elemlist[0].InnerXml;
//result -> "test header"
/*
<Names>
<Name>
<FirstName>John</FirstName>
<LastName>Smith</LastName>
</Name>
<Name>
<FirstName>James</FirstName>
<LastName>White</LastName>
</Name>
</Names>
*/
XmlDocument xml = new XmlDocument();
xml.LoadXml(myXmlString); // suppose that myXmlString contains "<Names>...</Names>"
XmlNodeList xnList = xml.SelectNodes("/Names/Name");
foreach (XmlNode xn in xnList)
{
string firstName = xn["FirstName"].InnerText;
string lastName = xn["LastName"].InnerText;
Console.WriteLine("Name: {0} {1}", firstName, lastName);
}