Adding XmlNode into XmlWriter

Question

I've got some xml node that I've pulled out and I'm using XmlWriter to create the relevant Xml file.

The XmlNode needs to go inside but I wasn't sure how to use the XmlNode to create the Elements inside.

Xml Format as below

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<tasks>
   <task Id="113" Date="2013-03-12T13:55:09" NodeId="1842" TotalWords="11">

   </task>
</tasks>

XmlWriter codes

using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(MapPath(xmlFilePath)))
                {

                    writer.WriteStartDocument();
                    writer.WriteStartElement("Tasks");

                    writer.WriteStartElement("Task");
                    writer.WriteAttributeString("Id", t.Id.ToString());
                    writer.WriteAttributeString("NodeId", t.Node.Id.ToString());

                    // The XmlNode needs to be inside here //

                    writer.WriteEndElement();

                    writer.WriteEndElement();
                    writer.WriteEndDocument();


                }

Details of the XmlNode that I've pulled out

<Page id="1842" parentID="1840" level="5" writerID="14" creatorID="14" nodeType="1051" template="1839" sortOrder="0" createDate="2013-03-11T14:53:47" updateDate="2013-03-12T14:03:55" nodeName="Ujian sub-halaman" urlName="ujian-sub-halaman" writerName="John John" creatorName="John John" path="-1,1057,1631,1156,1840,1842" isDoc="">
         <pageContent />
         <heroHeaderImage />
         <topModule>-1</topModule>
         <bottomModule>-1</bottomModule>
         <rHTopModule />
         <headerQuickLinks>
            <data />
         </headerQuickLinks>
         <rHBottomModule>-1</rHBottomModule>
         <pageTitle>Ujian sub-halaman</pageTitle>
         <umbracoNaviHide>0</umbracoNaviHide>
         <pageHeader><![CDATA[Test sub-page]]></pageHeader>
         <showAddThis>0</showAddThis>
         <alternativeTitle>Test sub-page</alternativeTitle>
         <smallPrint>0</smallPrint>
         <pageImage />
         <siteName />
         <metaDescription />
         <metaKeywords />
         <metaCopyright />
         <defaultEmail />
         <googleUrchin />
         <facebook />
         <googlePlus />
         <linkedIn />
         <twitter />
         <youtube />
      </Page>

LINQ to XML is much easier to use than XmlWriter.

John Saunders
– John Saunders

2013-03-12 16:41:53 +00:00
Commented Mar 12, 2013 at 16:41 — John Saunders
– John Saunders, Commented Mar 12, 2013 at 16:41

Mike Dinescu · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-12 15:54:13Z

4

I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but assuming you have an XmlNode - let's call it the_node then you could just use the WriteRaw method of XmlWriter to embed the markup of the node into the output stream of writer.

using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(MapPath(xmlFilePath)))
{

   writer.WriteStartDocument();
   writer.WriteStartElement("Tasks");

   writer.WriteStartElement("Task");
   writer.WriteAttributeString("Id", t.Id.ToString());
   writer.WriteAttributeString("NodeId", t.Node.Id.ToString());

  // The XmlNode needs to be inside here //
   writer.WriteRaw(the_node.OuterXml);

   writer.WriteEndElement();

   writer.WriteEndElement();
   writer.WriteEndDocument();


}

answered Mar 12, 2013 at 15:54

Mike Dinescu

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3 Comments

Holger Schmeken Over a year ago

I recomment to use "the_node.WriteTo(writer)" instead of "writer.WriteRaw(the_node.OuterXml)".

Nisim Naim Over a year ago

@Frankenstein Why?

Holger Schmeken Over a year ago

@NisimNaim WriteTo will verify the submitted xml code before it will be written. In contrast WriteRaw will skip this step. In this example the OuterXml of a node is always correct. But with other data you might risk writing invalid xml code

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