Writing xdocument into stream and bom sergei dorogins. The xdocument allows me to set the xml version and the encoding. Fast way to convert xmldocument into xdocument marcelos. Either explicitly write out the declaration, or use a stringwriter and call save. How to prevent xdocument from adding xml version and encoding. Find answers to webclient returning an xdocument from the expert community at experts exchange. Mar 02, 2011 if your new to encoding, or want to learn more, i suggest reading the msdn topic character encoding in the. Serialize this xdocument to a file, overwriting an existing file, if it exists.
An example of this is to transform an object model into an xml document suitable for transmission to a web service. In this post we saw how to add a namespace to an xml document. Xdocument xdeclaration not appearing in tostring result tag. Xdeclaration enables you to specify the pertinent parts of an xml declaration. If you want to omit the xml declaration, you can either use xmlwriter as shown below or call tostring. If your new to encoding, or want to learn more, i suggest reading the msdn topic character encoding in the. Convert xdocument to byte array and byte array to xdocument tag. Documenttype gets the document type definition dtd for this. Limitedtime offer applies to the first charge of a new subscription only. If you dont have a habit to look in hex editor on each text file of cause. The following example converts a string from one encoding to another. In my days as a developer, ive had to generate xml documents from code numerous times.
Encoding, memorystream, xdocument steve gentiles tech blog. Net char and string types are themselves unicode, so the getchars call decodes the data back to unicode. Tostring were to serialize the xml declaration youll end. Save method always adds an encoding attribute in that declaration. In your example the xml declaration specifies utf8 as the encoding. Loadxmlreader, loadoptions loads an xelement from an xmlreader with option. There is a simple way to convert xml file ro xmldocument to string. Save string, saveoptions serializes this xdocument to a file. It helps to avoid name clashes among nodes that can have similar names, like customer which is quite a common domain. Save method when serializing to a file or a textwriter. Now create stringwriter object to get data from xml document. I first came up with a few ways of turning an xmldocument into an xdocument. Creates a new xdocument instance by using the specified stream, optionally preserving white space, setting the base uri, and retaining line information. Create a new instance of the xdocument and add xcomment and xelement.
Read xhtml into xdocument html can be wellformed xml xhtml 1. This meant the xdocument was always picking up the destination of the xml and encoding it appropriately. This has a small issue in that the encoding in the xdocument declaration is ignored and replaced by the encoding of the stringwriter when doing the save, which may or may not be what you want sam holder oct 10 at 11. This article demonstrates how to parse xml documents using xmldocument as well as xdocument. Load xmlreader loads an xdocument from an xmlreader. Ive got one xelement where theres some text that needs splitting over two lines so the application im sending the file to will handle it as id like.
Tostring produces a serialized string version of the xdocument object. In the end i had to go via a memorystream to trick xdocument into giving me the correct declaration. Using the linq to xml api to create an xml document and adding some structure. Declaration is null, the output will have an xml declaration if the writer has writer. Save string serializes this xdocument to a file, overwriting an existing file, if it exists. Get encoding, version and standalone from xml declaration.
How to make sure a xdocument is saved with utf8 file encoding. This topic describes the valid arguments that can be passed to constructors and methods that you use to add content to elements and documents. Find answers to xml xdocument extract keeping a node list like a menu path from the expert community at experts exchange. Load is failing to properly resolve paths that contain %2e. You cant create an xdocument containing a string, you need to add an element.
Loadstring, loadoptions creates a new xdocument from a file, optionally preserving white space, setting the base uri, and retaining line information. Webclient returning an xdocument solutions experts exchange. Sep 25, 2012 in my days as a developer, ive had to generate xml documents from code numerous times. This question came up in the forums a little while ago, and i thought it might be interesting to do some comparisons. I have refer both these question on so for saving and encoding purpose xdocument. Background xml and the parsing of xml documents are very old topics and it is not very common for us to directly work on xml documents. The correct thing to do in this case would be to save the xmldocument to a stream and specify the. Xdocument people new xdocument new xelementpersons, original. I used linq to xml to create my xml and package it up in an xdocument. Getbytesstring will take our xml string and produce our byte array for the memorystream well take that stream and give it to our xdocument. I have been reading about this and it seems to be a conflict between the internal encoding in. Xdocument xdeclaration not appearing in tost ring result tag. Xml xdocument extract keeping a node list like a menu.
Outputs this xdocument to the specified stream, optionally. However, if possible, you could also write directly to a file via a filestream. Could there be anyway of saving the file without conversion to symbols through xdocument. Create an xdocument class with the specified xdeclaration and content. A namespace in xml is similar to the namespace in a programming language. However i do not understand the encoding options and it would be much appreciated if anyone could please advise how i can control the encoding and what my options are. Heres the code i used to create and return my xdocument. Parsestring, loadoptions parse a string to create a new xdocument with. I want to create an xml document and save it in string object.
Valid content of xelement and xdocument objects3 microsoft docs. Parse is converting the html decimals to symbols which i do not want. Net to write an xml file containing norwegian characters. Convert xdocument to byte array and byte array to xdocument. You can ignore pretty much all your code, the issue is just this. I have some code where im doing a query and creating an xml doc from the data thats returned. Declaration gets or sets the xml declaration for this document. Load the file into an xdocument variable, then find the appropriate element with a foreach loop and make an xelement variable equal that element. Load textreader, loadoptions loads an xdocument from a textreader with option. Linq to xml is an inmemory xml programming interface that enables you to modify xml documents efficiently and easily.
If you want finegrained encoding control, you probably want to control the textwriter. Xdeclaration failed to display when using tostring. You cant create an xdocument containing a string, you need to add an element xdocument people new xdocument new xelementpersons, original. Sep 16, 2016 in this post we saw how to add a namespace to an xml document. Tostring on an xdocument or xelement chris oct 6 10 at 10.
Force xdocument to write to string with utf8 encoding. Refer to serializing with an xml declaration xdocument xmldoc xdocument. You can rate examples to help us improve the quality of examples. The usual whitespace formatting that you get if you just to a. Stringwriter encoding for xml solutions experts exchange. The byte array is the only type in this example that contains the encoded data. The interesting point is that existence of bom can be invisible for a person. When you serialize an xdocument, even if xdocument. I used a stringwriter for the xmlwriter to write to, but you can use a file name, a stringbuilder, any stream class or any textwriter class. This means that your xmlencode method is returning a utf16 string. Create an xml document with linq to xml intertech blog. Net which seems to be utf16 and the required encoding for the xml in the put procedure. This is a class for reading wellformed xhtml with or without a doctype into a.
How to load an xml file with invalid character the asp. In the settings for the xmlwriter you specify the encoding, that the document should be indented, and what characters to use for indentation. Tostring drops xml encoding tag force xdocument to. When you change an attribute in the xelement it is reflected in the xdocument. Parsestring, loadoptions parse a string to create a new xdocument with option. Serializes this xdocument to a file, a textwriter, or an xmlwriter.