my question is fairly simple, which method should I use and why for parsing XML files?
Right now I have function for that:
return new EdiFile
{
SPPLR_MAILBOX = xmlDoc.Element("SPPLR_MAILBOX").Value,
MESSAGE_ID = xmlDoc.Element("MESSAGE_ID").Value,
ATTRIBUTE05 = xmlDoc.Element("ATTRIBUTE05").Value,
Levels0 = (from a in xmlDoc.Element("LEVELS0").Elements("LEVEL0")
select new Level0
{
PLT_NUM = a.Element("PLT_NUM").Value,
PLT_LABEL_ID = a.Element("PLT_LABEL_ID").Value,
BOX_QTY = a.Element("BOX_QTY").Value,
PLT_WEIGHT = a.Element("PLT_WEIGTH").Value,
PLT_DIMENSION = a.Element("PLT_DIMENSION").Value,
PLT_CHEM = a.Element("PLT_CHEM").Value,
PLT_NOT_STACK = a.Element("PLT_NOT_STACK").Value,
PLT_NOTE = a.Element("PLT_NOTE").Value,
ATTRIBUTE01 = a.Element("ATTRIBUTE01").Value,
ATTRIBUTE02 = a.Element("ATTRIBUTE02").Value,
ATTRIBUTE03 = a.Element("ATTRIBUTE03").Value,
ATTRIBUTE04 = a.Element("ATTRIBUTE04").Value,
ATTRIBUTE05 = a.Element("ATTRIBUTE05").Value,
Levels1 = (from b in a.Element("LEVELS1").Elements("LEVEL1")
select new Level1
{
BOX_NUM = b.Element("BOX_NUM").Value,
BOX_LABEL_ID = b.Element("BOX_LABEL_ID").Value,
Items = (from c in b.Element("ITEMS").Elements("ITEM")
select new Item
{
SPPLR_ITEM = c.Element("SPPLR_ITEM").Value,
CUST_ITEM = c.Element("CUST_ITEM").Value,
ATTRIBUTE01 = c.Element("ATTRIBUTE01").Value,
ATTRIBUTE02 = c.Element("ATTRIBUTE02").Value,
ATTRIBUTE03 = c.Element("ATTRIBUTE03").Value,
ATTRIBUTE04 = c.Element("ATTRIBUTE04").Value,
ATTRIBUTE05 = c.Element("ATTRIBUTE05").Value,
Lots = (from d in c.Element("LOTS").Elements("LOT")
select new Lot
{
LOT_NUM = d.Element("LOT_NUM").Value,
LOT_LABEL_ID = d.Element("LOT_LABEL_ID").Value,
LOT_NOTE = d.Element("LOT_NOTE").Value,
LOT_EXP_DATE = d.Element("LOT_EXP_DATE").Value,
QTY = d.Element("QTY").Value,
UOM = d.Element("UOM").Value,
ATTRIBUTE01 = d.Element("ATTRIBUTE01").Value,
ATTRIBUTE02 = d.Element("ATTRIBUTE02").Value,
ATTRIBUTE03 = d.Element("ATTRIBUTE03").Value,
ATTRIBUTE04 = d.Element("ATTRIBUTE04").Value,
ATTRIBUTE05 = d.Element("ATTRIBUTE05").Value
}).ToList()
}).ToList()
}).ToList()
}).ToList()
};
But should I use deserialize? I learnt about serialization yesterday.
I cant really find any source explaining my method, vs deserialization.
Can someone get me any insight please?
Your method is more performance and flexie, because you have control on processing xml file. Serialization is using reflection and it is less performance.