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Blankdud
Blankdud

Reputation: 698

XDocument from string has one element, need toDictionary

I have an xmlString that I am parsing to an XDocument:

xmlString = 
"<TestXml>" +
   "<Data>" +
      "<leadData>" +
        "<Email>[email protected]</Email>" +
        "<FirstName>John</FirstName>" +
        "<LastName>Doe</LastName>" +
        "<Phone>555-555-5555</Phone>" +
        "<AddressLine1>123 Fake St</AddressLine1>" +
        "<AddressLine2></AddressLine2>" +
        "<City>Metropolis</City>" +
        "<State>DC</State>" +
        "<Zip>20016</Zip>" +
     "</leadData>" +
  "</Data>" +
"</TestXml>"

I parse the string to an XDocument, and then try and iterate through the nodes:

XDocument xDoc = XDocument.Parse(xmlString);
Dictionary<string, string> xDict = new Dictionary<string, string>();

//Convert xDocument to Dictionary
foreach (var child in xDoc.Root.Elements())
{
      //xDict.Add();
}

This will only iterate once, and the one iteration seems to have all of the data in it. I realize I am doing something wrong, but after googling around I have no idea what.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 751

Answers (2)

Eser
Eser

Reputation: 12546

Your root has only one child Data, therefore it iterates only once

var xDict = XDocument.Parse(xmlString)
            .Descendants("leadData")
            .Elements()
            .ToDictionary(e => e.Name.LocalName, e => (string)e);

Upvotes: 0

Nicholas E
Nicholas E

Reputation: 414

Try xDoc.Root.Descendants() instead of xDoc.Root.Elements() in your foreach loop.

Upvotes: 2

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