Read Parent nodes only from XML using LINQToXML
- by ItsMeSri
I have XML string that has parent nodes "Committee" and inside that another child node "Committee" is there. When I am using "from committee in xDocument.DescendantsAndSelf("Committee")" it is reading childnode also, but I don't want to read child nodes, I just want to read Parent nodes only.
<Committee>
<Position>STAFF</Position>
<Appointment>1/16/2006</Appointment>
<Committee>PPMSSTAFF</Committee>
<CommitteeName>PPMS Staff</CommitteeName>
<Expiration>12/25/2099</Expiration>
</Committee>
<Committee>
<Position>STAFF</Position>
<Appointment>4/16/2004</Appointment>
<Committee>PMOSSTAFF</Committee>
<CommitteeName>PPMS </CommitteeName>
<Expiration>12/25/2099</Expiration>
</Committee>
XElement xDocument= XElement.Parse(xml);
var committeeXmls = from Committee in xDocument.Descendants("Committee")
select new
{
CommitteeName = Committee.Element("CommitteeName"),
Position = Committee.Element("Position"),
Appointment = Committee.Element("Appointment"),
Expiration = Committee.Element("Expiration")
};
int i = 0;
foreach (var committeeXml in committeeXmls)
{
if (committeeXml != null)
{
drCommittee = dtCommittee.NewRow();
drCommittee["ID"] = ++i;
drCommittee["CommitteeName"] = committeeXml.CommitteeName.Value;
drCommittee["Position"] = committeeXml.Position.Value;
drCommittee["Appointment"] = committeeXml.Appointment.Value;
drCommittee["Expiration"] = committeeXml.Expiration.Value;
dtCommittee.Rows.Add(drCommittee); // educationXml.GraduationDate.Value, educationXml.Major.Value);
}
}
