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Ben Junior
Ben Junior

Reputation: 2589

Need a simple way to check if XElement exist before creating it in xml file

I need to check if an XElement exists in the xml file. The code below throws an exception so I don't know yet how to solve it.

 XDocument doc1 = XDocument.Load(@filePath);
 XElement arrivalInstructions = doc1.Descendants("arrivalInstructions").First();
 if (arrivalInstructions == null) 
  { here  I would put the code to create the XElement but it never gets here }

I've also tried this but didn't work either

 XElement xml = XElement.Load(@filePath);
 XElement configuration = xml.Element("Root");

 var xxx = configuration.Element("arrivalInstructions");
 if (xxx == null) 
  { here  I would put the code to create the XElement but it never gets here }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1153

Answers (1)

Selman Genç
Selman Genç

Reputation: 101701

Use FirstOrDefault instead of First.It doesn't throw exception if there is no item, it just returns null.

Upvotes: 1

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