WriteReadXml Source Code

WriteReadXml Example, source code file Write.cs

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

namespace WriteReadXml
{
    public class Write
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            // Create XmlTextWriter object.
            XmlTextWriter w = new XmlTextWriter("../../persons.xml", null);

// Create StreamReader object.
            StreamReader r = new StreamReader("../../persons.txt");

// Declare variables for inputs.
            string line, name, gender, age;
            string[] fields;

//
            w.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
            w.IndentChar = ' ';

// Write start element for root.
            w.WriteStartElement("Persons");

while (r.Peek() != -1)
            {
                // Read line from input file.
                line = r.ReadLine();
                fields = line.Split(',');
                name = fields[0];
                gender = fields[1];
                age = fields[2];

// Write Person element.
                w.WriteStartElement("Person");
                w.WriteElementString("Name", name);
                w.WriteElementString("Gender", gender);
                w.WriteElementString("Age", age);
                w.WriteEndElement();
            }

// Write end element for root.
            w.WriteEndElement();

// Close writer.
            w.Close();
        }
    }
}

WriteReadXml Example, source code file Read.cs

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

namespace WriteReadXml
{
    public class Read
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            // Declare XmlTextReader.
            XmlTextReader r = new XmlTextReader("../../persons.xml");

// Declare StreamWriter.
            StreamWriter w = new StreamWriter("../../persons2.txt");

int count = 1;
            while (r.Read())
            {
                switch (r.NodeType)
                {
                    case XmlNodeType.Element:
                        if (r.Name == "Persons") { }
                        else if (r.Name == "Person")
                        {
                            w.Write("Person {0}: ", count++);
                        }
                        else if (r.Name == "Name" ||
                                 r.Name == "Gender" || r.Name == "Age")
                        {
                            w.Write(r.Name + ": " + " ");
                        }
                        break;

case XmlNodeType.Text:
                        w.Write(r.Value);
                        break;

case XmlNodeType.EndElement:
                        if (r.Name == "Person")
                        {
                            w.WriteLine();
                        }
                        else if (r.Name == "Persons") { }
                        else
                        {
                            w.Write("  ");
                        }
                        break;

}
            }

// Close writer.
            w.Close();
        }
    }
}