Getting parts of an xml file and bundle them up in a new one

Question

I'm trying to create a new xml file with parts from other xml files. For example i got these 2 xml files:

file 1:

<root> 
    <persons>
        <person1>
            <name> </name>
            <address> </address>
            <number> </number>
        </person1>
        <person2>
            <name> </name>
            <address> </address>
            <number> </number>
        </person2>
    </persons>
</root>

file 2:

<registration>
    <results>
        <result1>
            <test1> </test1>
            <Test2> </test2>
        </result1>
        <result2>
            <test1> </test1>
            <Test2> </test2>
        </result2>
    </results>
</registration>

The new xml file should look like this:

<combined>
    <persons> 
        <person1>
            <name> </name>
            <address> </address>
            <number> </number>
        </person1>
        <person2>
            <name> </name>
            <address> </address>
            <number> </number>
        </person2>
    </persons>
    <results>
        <result1>
            <test1> </test1>
            <Test2> </test2>
        </result1>
        <result2>
            <test1> </test1>
            <Test2> </test2>
        </result2>
    </results>
</combined>

How can I accomplish this in C# with xmldocument?

EDIT

Some more information, the nodes "persons" and "results" should be put in the new xml document (including "persons" and "results").

No particular reason. If you know who i could accomplish this with XDocument, thats fine with me. — Yustme, May 14 '12 at 17:36

H H · Answer 1 · 2012-05-14T17:47:27.453

2

Basically:

var doc1 = XElement.Load(file1);
var doc2 = XElement.Load(file2);

var combined = new XElement("combined", doc1.Descendants("person"), doc2);

combined.Save(file3);

edited May 14 '12 at 17:47

answered May 14 '12 at 17:38

H H

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Hi, I updated my question. Also, the document should be saved to disk. Should the var 'combined' be converted to something XDocument() understands? – Yustme May 14 '12 at 17:46
Your sample data is not entirely consistent but it should be easy to work out the exact selection from doc1 and doc2. – H H May 14 '12 at 17:48
It should now be consistent. I was making a quick example on this site. I just edit everything in notepad++. – Yustme May 14 '12 at 17:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 14 '12 at 17:39

XElement root1 = XElement.Load(file1);
XElement root2 = XElement.Load(file2);
XElement combined = new XElement("combined");

foreach(XElement node1 in root1.Elements())
    combined.Add(node1);

foreach(XElement node2 in root2.Elements())
    combined.Add(node2);

combined.Save(file3);

Getting parts of an xml file and bundle them up in a new one

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