Get element from xml file

Question

I have this problem:

I have a method

private  XmlElement ToXmlElement(string xml)
        {
            XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
            doc.LoadXml(xml);
            return doc.DocumentElement;
        }

And my input xml string is:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Collection xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="urn:IEEE-1671:2009.02:Common">
<Item name="edsw">
<Collection />
</Item>
</Collection>

I need to return from this string XmlElement, which looks like:

<Collection xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="urn:IEEE-1671:2009.02:Common">
    <Item name="edsw">
    <Collection />
    </Item>
    </Collection>

thats everything without <?xml version ="1.0"?> but doc.DocumentElements returns me only:

<Item name="edsw" xmlns="urn:IEEE-1671:2009.02:Common">
<Collection />
</Item>

is there any way how to achieve it?

That does not happen to me. DocumentElement returns the whole Collection. How are you converting the result to string? — svick
– svick, Commented Sep 4, 2011 at 12:33
when I am debuggin it i see in DocumentElement inner xml only this, not whole collection, — Martin Ch
– Martin Ch, Commented Sep 4, 2011 at 12:38
string ToStringElement(XmlElement xml) {StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); XmlTextWriter writter = new XmlTextWritter(sw); xml.WriteTo(writter); return sw.toString(); } — Martin Ch
– Martin Ch, Commented Sep 4, 2011 at 12:39
After fixing your typos, ToStringElement(ToXmlElement(xml)) returns the whole Collection. That means ToXmlElement() actually does what you want it to do. — svick
– svick, Commented Sep 4, 2011 at 12:45

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-04 12:33:03Z

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Look at the OuterXml, that's where you will find what you need:

doc.DocumentElement.OuterXml

answered Sep 4, 2011 at 12:33

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2 Comments

Martin Ch Over a year ago

but thats only string, I need to return XmlElement

Darin Dimitrov Over a year ago

@Martin Ch, well you already have it: doc.DocumentElement, that's what you are returning. When you are debugging look at the OuterXml property and not the InnerXml.

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