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K S
K S

Reputation: 311

Get all attributes in XML

I have an XML like this:

<msg action="getDetails" class="2">
   <stamps msgtime="4/15/2014" ltq="2014-04-15">
       <dat la="get" />
   </stamps>
</msg>

How can I retrieve Dictionary of all the attributes and their corresponding values? The expected output should look this:

action - getDetails
class - 2
msgtime - 4/15/2014
ltq - 2014-04-15
la - get

I can get it work for a particular level, but not for all child elements.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4468

Answers (3)

Selman Gen&#231;
Selman Gen&#231;

Reputation: 101681

var xDoc = XDocument.Load("path");

var attributes = xDoc.Descendants()
                 .SelectMany(x => x.Attributes())
                 .ToDictionary(x => x.Name.LocalName, x => (string)x);

Upvotes: 7

123 456 789 0
123 456 789 0

Reputation: 10865

Use Linq-to-XML it is much easier to get the attribute and their values.

Sample usage

XElement cust = new XElement("PhoneNumbers",
new XElement("Phone",
    new XAttribute("type", "home"),
    "555-555-5555"),
new XElement("Phone",
    new XAttribute("type", "work"),
    "555-555-6666")
);

IEnumerable<XElement> elList =
    from el in cust.Descendants("Phone")
    select el;
foreach (XElement el in elList)
    Console.WriteLine((string)el.Attribute("type"));

Upvotes: 0

Guvante
Guvante

Reputation: 19203

Have you tried using Descendants?

It would allow you to get an IEnumerable<XElement> of all of the elements, getting the attributes is something you have already done it looks like.

Upvotes: 0

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