Method to check uniqueness of an XML attribute value

Question

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<projects>
  <proj name="project1">
    <file_type Type="internal">"path1"</file_type>
    <file_type Type="external">"path2"</file_type>
  </proj>
  <proj name="project2">
    <file_type Type="internal">"path3"</file_type>
  </proj>
</projects>

This is my XML file. I need to add these file_type values to my ComboBox list. For that, I need to check the uniqueness of the attribute values. Here I want to add only intenal and external inside the ComboBox. Please tell me any method to check uniqueness of attribute value.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '14 at 12:41

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You can get unique Type values with Distinct():

var xdoc = XDocument.Load(path_to_xml); // use Linq to Xml
var types = xdoc.Descendants("file_type")
                .Select(f => (string)f.Attribute("Type"))
                .Distinct();

answered Mar 05 '14 at 12:41

Sergey Berezovskiy

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 05 '14 at 12:39

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You could use an XML Schema and use ID for the attribute type.

answered Mar 05 '14 at 12:39

helb

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Method to check uniqueness of an XML attribute value

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