How to assign plain XML to C# variable

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Use XML Literals in C#?

I can do this in Visual Basic, How can I do this in C#

    Dim xmlTree As XElement = <Employees></Employees>

C# (at least 4 and below) does *not* support XML literals. `new XElement("Employees")` would work here, but XElement can also parse larger [verbatim] text. — , Jan 14 '13 at 04:46
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8768762/use-xml-literals-in-c , http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/84852/TRICK-Xml-Literals-for-C — Mitch Wheat, Jan 14 '13 at 04:49

Alexander Balte · Answer 1 · 2013-01-14T04:53:32.050

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Try:

XDocument document = XDocument.Parse("<Employees></Employees>")

or

XElement root = new XElement("Employees")

Another way is using XmlDocument class:

XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
document.LoadXml("<Employees></Employees>");

but I recommend to use XDocument. It is newer than XmlDocument, it has more clean API and support Linq To Xml.

edited Jan 14 '13 at 04:53

answered Jan 14 '13 at 04:47

Alexander Balte

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 14 '13 at 04:54

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XDocument document = XDocument.Parse("<Employees></Employees>")

answered Jan 14 '13 at 04:54

user1331

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