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Part 7 - Transform one XML format to another XML format using linq to xml

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In Part 5, we discussed, tranforming XML to CSV
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In this video, we will discuss transforming one XML format to another XML format



We want to tranform the following XML format to a different format
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Students>
  <Student Country="USA">
    <Name>Mark</Name>
    <Gender>Male</Gender>
    <TotalMarks>800</TotalMarks>
  </Student>
  <Student Country="USA">
    <Name>Rosy</Name>
    <Gender>Female</Gender>
    <TotalMarks>900</TotalMarks>
  </Student>
  <Student Country="India">
    <Name>Pam</Name>
    <Gender>Female</Gender>
    <TotalMarks>850</TotalMarks>
  </Student>
  <Student Country="India">
    <Name>John</Name>
    <Gender>Male</Gender>
    <TotalMarks>950</TotalMarks>
  </Student>
</Students>

The tranformed XML format should be as shown below.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Students>
  <USA>
    <Student>
      <Name>Mark</Name>
      <Gender>Male</Gender>
      <TotalMarks>800</TotalMarks>
    </Student>
    <Student>
      <Name>Rosy</Name>
      <Gender>Female</Gender>
      <TotalMarks>900</TotalMarks>
    </Student>
  </USA>
  <India>
    <Student>
      <Name>Pam</Name>
      <Gender>Female</Gender>
      <TotalMarks>850</TotalMarks>
    </Student>
    <Student>
      <Name>John</Name>
      <Gender>Male</Gender>
      <TotalMarks>950</TotalMarks>
    </Student>
  </India>
</Students>

Code to transform XML to a different format
XDocument xmlDocument = XDocument.Load(@"C:\Demo\Demo\Data.xml");

XDocument result = new XDocument(
        new XElement("Students",
            new XElement("USA",
                from s in xmlDocument.Descendants("Student")
                where s.Attribute("Country").Value == "USA"
                select new XElement("Student",
                    new XElement("Name", s.Element("Name").Value),
                    new XElement("Gender", s.Element("Gender").Value),
                    new XElement("TotalMarks", s.Element("TotalMarks").Value))),
            new XElement("India",
                from s in xmlDocument.Descendants("Student")
                where s.Attribute("Country").Value == "India"
                select new XElement("Student",
                    new XElement("Name", s.Element("Name").Value),
                    new XElement("Gender", s.Element("Gender").Value),
                    new XElement("TotalMarks", s.Element("TotalMarks").Value)))));

result.Save(@"C:\Demo\Demo\Result.xml");

LINQ to XML tutorial

1 comment:

  1. Thank You Sir..:) Your videos are really helpful and crisp clear..:) I recommend your videos to almost everyone I know who is eager to learn .Net!

    I have re-written this example without hard-coding. All thanks to you..:)

    XDocument newDoc = new XDocument(new XDeclaration("1.0", "utf-8", "yes"),
    new XComment("XML Doc without Hard-Coding"),
    new XElement("Students",
    from stu in students
    group stu by stu.Element("Country").Value into g
    select new XElement(g.Key,
    (from gx in g
    select new XElement("Student",
    new XElement("Id", gx.Attribute("Id").Value),
    new XElement("Name", gx.Element("Name").Value),
    new XElement("Gender", gx.Element("Gender").Value),
    new XElement("TotalMarks", gx.Element("TotalMarks").Value))))));

    Thanks once again.

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