How do I parse XML from a serial port without using files?

Question

I'm parsing XML that I'm receiving from a serial port connected device and i want to take advantage of the XML tags to process the data, however, I want to avoid writing to files.

Is there a way? I wanted to use XPathNavigator, but i don't see how i can avoid using a file as an intermediary buffer.

Thanks.

Gordon

Vulpes · Answer

Unless I'm missing something here I'd have thought that you should be able to create an XmlDocument and then use its LoadXml method to load the XML string you've received from the serial device without needing to save it to a file first. You can then create an XPathNavigator by calling the XmlDocument's CreateNavigator method. So in code that would be be something like this: XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument(); doc.LoadXml (xmlString); XPathNavigator nav = doc.CreateNavigator(); Alternatively you could forget about XPathNavigator and use LINQ to XML which can certainly parse in-memory XML strings.