c# Serialise Dynamic XML into dictionary

Question

HI,

I have some XML; <data> <name1>Ramesh</name1> <name2>Kumar</name2> etc.. </data> The name1, name2, etc could be anything,
i want to be able to get this xml.


Thanks

Answer 1

Try this:

    using System.Xml.Linq;

    // ....

    string xml = "<data> <name1>Ramesh</name1> <name2>Kumar</name2> </data>";

    XElement data = XElement.Parse(xml);

    var dict = new Dictionary<string, string>();

    foreach (XElement child in data.Elements()) dict.Add(child.Name.ToString(), child.Value);

    // check it worked

    string temp = "";

    foreach (string key in dict.Keys) temp += String.Format("{0} : {1}\r\n", key, dict[key]);

    MessageBox.Show(temp);