XML Creation

Creation of XML file is very much easy with the existing class library in the .Net framework with the C#. Although we can create many complex XML files , here i have presented a simple application which is easy to understand, it creates & stores the XML file in Text File. It retrieves the XML file & displays the data.

	using System.Xml;
	using System;
	namespace SampleXmlTest
	{
	public class XmlClass
	{
	static void Main(string[] args)
	{
	try
	{
	XmlDocument docxml = new XmlDocument(); //Creating an XmlDocument
	XmlElement root, rtchild, child;
	XmlNode nodexml = docxml.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.XmlDeclaration, "", "");
	docxml.AppendChild(nodexml);//Adding node to document
	root = docxml.CreateElement("", "Books", ""); //Creating root element
	rtchild = docxml.CreateElement("", "Book", "");//Creating 1st child book element
	child = docxml.CreateElement("", "Name", "");
	child.InnerText = "The Last Lecture";
	rtchild.AppendChild(child);
	child = docxml.CreateElement("", "Author", "");
	child.InnerText = "Raundy Paush";
	rtchild.AppendChild(child);
	child = docxml.CreateElement("", "Price", "");
	child.InnerText = "295";
	rtchild.AppendChild(child);
	root.AppendChild(rtchild);//adding 1st child to root element
	rtchild = docxml.CreateElement("", "Book", "");//Creating 2nd child book element
	child = docxml.CreateElement("", "Name", "");
	child.InnerText = "The Secret";
	rtchild.AppendChild(child);
	child = docxml.CreateElement("", "Author", "");
	child.InnerText = "Rhonda Byrne";
	rtchild.AppendChild(child);
	child = docxml.CreateElement("", "Price", "");
	child.InnerText = "660";
	rtchild.AppendChild(child);
	root.AppendChild(rtchild);//adding 2nd child to root element
	docxml.AppendChild(root);//adding root element to document
	docxml.Save(@"D:\SampleXml\books.xml");//Saving the xml into Text file
	Console.WriteLine("Xml Created Successfully");
	//Retrieving the XMl file
	XmlNodeList booklst = docxml.ChildNodes[1].SelectNodes("//Books");
	XmlNodeList book = booklst.Item(0).SelectNodes("//Book");
	string name1 = book[0].SelectNodes("//Name")[0].InnerText;
	string author1 = book[0].SelectNodes("//Author")[0].InnerText;
	string price1 = book[0].SelectNodes("//Price")[0].InnerText;
	string name2 = book[0].SelectNodes("//Name")[1].InnerText;
	string author2 = book[0].SelectNodes("//Author")[1].InnerText;
	string price2 = book[0].SelectNodes("//Price")[1].InnerText;
	Console.WriteLine(name1);
	Console.WriteLine(author1);
	Console.WriteLine(price1);
	Console.WriteLine(name2);
	Console.WriteLine(author2);
	Console.WriteLine(price2);
	Console.ReadLine();
	}
	catch (Exception ex)
	{
	throw ex;
	}
	}
	}
	}

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OUTPUT
Created XML File:

Retrieved XML data: