I have the following XML file:
<mall_tree>
<catalog name="SPECIALS">
<catalog name="Popular">
<item id="7004" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="7005" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="7002" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="635" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="210" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="531" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="216" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="214" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="590" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="595" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="466" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="175" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="564" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Packs">
<item id="7004" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="7002" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="7001" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="7003" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="182" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="635" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Dime Store">
<item id="688" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="207" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="378" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="488" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="215" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="217" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="461" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="206" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="190" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
</catalog>
<catalog name="GENERAL">
<catalog name="Boosts">
<item id="7002" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="210" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="192" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="635" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="688" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="531" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="530" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="488" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="201" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="197" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="378" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Teleport">
<item id="207" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="208" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="209" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="191" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Crafting">
<item id="548" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="549" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="550" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="552" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="553" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="554" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="556" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="557" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="558" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="165" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="166" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="167" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="168" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="169" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="170" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
</catalog>
<catalog name="UPGRADES">
<catalog name="Utility">
<item id="7005" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="215" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="213" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="216" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="214" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="217" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="218" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="219" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="220" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="221" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Projectile">
<item id="564" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="640" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Lv1 Gems">
<item id="451" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="454" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="379" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="382" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="385" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="388" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="391" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="406" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="394" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="409" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="397" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="412" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="400" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="415" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="403" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="418" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="421" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="442" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="427" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="445" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="430" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="448" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="436" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="439" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Lv3 Gems">
<item id="7001" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
</catalog>
<catalog name="MOUNTS">
<catalog name="Mount">
<item id="304" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="307" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="305" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Umbrella">
<item id="630" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
</catalog>
<catalog name="PETS">
<catalog name="Talents">
<item id="357" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="358" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="590" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="593" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="594" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="595" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Refresh">
<item id="360" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="361" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Respec">
<item id="363" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="364" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="365" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="366" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="367" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Energy">
<item id="461" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
</catalog>
<catalog name="FASHION">
<catalog name="Body">
<item id="561" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="566" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="678" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="560" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="565" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="679" showmodel="true"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Head">
<item id="563" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="568" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="676" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="562" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="567" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="677" showmodel="true"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Class">
<item id="322" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="308" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="317" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="309" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="318" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="310" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="319" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="311" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="320" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="313" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="321" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="312" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="323" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="314" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="324" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="315" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="325" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="316" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="341" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="326" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="331" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="327" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="337" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="328" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="338" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="329" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="339" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="330" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="340" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="333" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="342" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="334" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="343" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="335" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="332" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="336" showmodel="true"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Accessory">
<item id="622" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="621" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="624" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="623" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="544" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="541" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="486" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="303" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="299" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="301" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="302" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="352" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="490" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="489" showmodel="true"/>
<item id="298" showmodel="true"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Utility">
<item id="466" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="465" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="625" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="464" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="547" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
</catalog>
<catalog name="SOCIAL">
<catalog name="Guild">
<item id="175" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="176" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="177" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="179" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="178" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Marriage">
<item id="7003" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="182" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="462" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="463" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="180" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="181" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="190" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Friends">
<item id="193" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="194" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="195" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="196" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="528" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="529" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Chat">
<item id="487" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="459" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="206" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Grafitti">
<item id="202" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="203" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="204" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="205" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
<catalog name="Tours">
<item id="187" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="184" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="188" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="185" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="189" showmodel="false"/>
<item id="186" showmodel="false"/>
</catalog>
</catalog>
</mall_tree>
I am trying to take the <catalog name="SPECIALS"> node and get all of the other <catalog> nodes that are nested inside of it. I'm using XMLTextReader to read the file, is there possibly a better way? Here is the current code I'm using.
XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(filePath);
reader.ReadToFollowing("catalog");
do
{
Console.WriteLine("Name: {0}", reader.GetAttribute("name"));
}
while (reader.ReadToFollowing("catalog"));
This will get you the list of descendant "catalog" nodes:
XDocument xDoc = XDocument.Load("yourFile.xml");
var doc = xDoc.Descendants("catalog")
.Where(x => x.Attribute("name").Value == "SPECIALS")
.Select(x => x.Nodes())
.SelectMany(x => x.ToList())
.ToList();
The output is 3 XNode instances, for Popular, Packs, and Dime Store.
To print them out to the console:
foreach (var d in doc.OfType<XElement>())
Console.WriteLine("Name: {0}", d.Attribute("name").Value);