Decode Xdata stored in string in c#

Question

I have a string with CData encoded value in it. How can I decode this properly. Using XElement.Parse() throws an error because there is no root element.

var rawXml = GetFromExternalService();
var myValue = XElement.Parse(rawXml).Element("Description").Value;

The variable myValue is now <![CDATA[some interesting stuff \r\n]]>. So in fact this is an error from the service, double encoding the value. But I can't change that.

I could just strip the first 9 and the last 3 characters, but that just feels so wrong.

What is the best way to get the real value?

Kind regards
Damiaan

@lazyberezovsky that is <Description><![CDATA[some interesting stuff \r\n]]></Description> — dampee
– dampee, Commented Jul 3, 2013 at 18:07

Markus Jarderot · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-02 18:02:03Z

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XElement.Parse("<root>"+myValue+"</root>").Value

answered Jul 2, 2013 at 18:02

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dampee Over a year ago

Seems pretty clean. Why would you choose this over stripping out the start and end of the string, as I suggested?

Markus Jarderot Over a year ago

It doesn't depend on the exact characters used, just that it is double-encoded XML.

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