Convert XmlElement to XElement (Extension Method)

12/20/2008 12:51:24 PM #

Hi Pieter,

you can request the OuterXml from the XmlElement so no need to create the XmlDocument etc, just use XElement.Parse(xml.OuterXml), also, extension methods are not always the best solution, this is what I use.


public static XElement MakeElement(XmlNode node, params object[] descendants)
{
  XElement element = null;
  if(null != node) {
    element = XElement.Parse(node.OuterXml);
    if(null != descendants) element.Add(descendants);
  }
  return element;
}


Then you can do:

var result = MakeElement(wsClient.DoWebServiceRequest());

Kenny Stuart

4/9/2009 9:18:54 PM #

Discussion  forums.asp.net/p/1278169/2437834.aspx#2437834 describes the opposite operation ConvertXNodeToXmlNode

Michael Freidgeim

7/8/2009 10:25:48 PM #

You can request the OuterXml from the XmlElement so no need to create the XmlDocument etc, just use XElement.Parse(xml.OuterXml), also, extension methods are not always the best solution, this is what I use.

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