XmlException for the '/' character hex value 0x2F cannot be included in a name

Question

How can I solve the exception generated?

        public static string[] getKeywords(string filename)  
        {  
            var xmlFile = new XElement(filename);  
            string[] keywords = xmlFile.Elements("Keyword")
                                       .Attributes("name")
                                       .Select(n => n.Value).ToArray();  
            return keywords;  
        }

This generates this exception:

System.Xml.XmlException was unhandled Message=The '/' character, hexadecimal value 0x2F, cannot be included in a name. Source=System.Xml

nobugz, I do not think there is something wrong with my xml file. I thought that at first and looked through it and there was nothing wrong. — Mohit Deshpande, Jan 12 '10 at 22:00

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 12 '10 at 21:56

5

new XElement(filename) means create an element with the name from filename - do you mean XElement.Load(filename) ??

answered Jan 12 '10 at 21:56

Marc Gravell

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 13 '10 at 00:22

You were trying to load the file name as XML hence it was throwing an exception. This is what you wanted;

    public static string[] getKeywords(string filename)
    {
        var xmlFile = XElement.Load(filename);
        string[] keywords = xmlFile.Elements("Keyword").Attributes("name").Select(n => n.Value).ToArray();
        return keywords;
    }

Using the XElement.Load() method.

XmlException for the '/' character hex value 0x2F cannot be included in a name

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