Generate XElement code from XML string

Question

Is there any way to generate the XElement representation in C# from a given XML string?

Basically what I want to achieve is going from a string like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<rss version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <title>RSS Channel Title</title>
    <description>RSS Channel Description.</description>
    <link>http://aspiring-technology.com</link>
    <item>
      <title>First article title</title>
      <description>First Article Description</description>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>

To a string like this:

XDocument doc = new XDocument(
   new XDeclaration("1.0", "utf-8", "yes"),
   new XElement("rss", 
       new XAttribute("version", "2.0"),
       new XElement ("channel",
           new XElement("title", "RSS Channel Title"),
           new XElement("description", "RSS Channel Description."),
           new XElement("link", "http://aspiring-technology.com"),
           new XElement("item",
               new XElement("title", "First article title"),
               new XElement("description", "First Article Description")
           )
       )
    );

Really appreciate any hints!

As I understand you are trying to build a code generator. You could possibly mention a keyword "code generation" to avoid misleading answers. — George Mamaladze
– George Mamaladze, Commented Sep 6, 2012 at 18:25

ulex · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-15 11:25:45Z

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ReSharper 2016.1 has a context action to convert string to XElement or XDocument object.

gif example how it works

edited Apr 15, 2016 at 11:25

answered Apr 15, 2016 at 10:58

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danopz Over a year ago

Pls add that descriptive to view - you have to put "!" in front of the line.

George Mamaladze · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-06 18:29:04Z

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Take a look at this XElement/XDocument Code Generator. It generates c# code from XML using XSLT transformation. If I would do it myself I'll probably do it the same way.

answered Sep 6, 2012 at 18:29

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Florian Greinacher Over a year ago

This seems to be very near to want I want to achieve. Thanks a lot!

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