How can I insert an XElement into an existing xml-file?

Question

I do have following xml:

<Assembly>
  <Bench>
    <Typ>P1</Typ>
    <DUT>
       <A>6</A>
     </DUT>
  </Bench>
  <Bench>
    <Typ>P2</Typ>
     <DUT>
       <A>6</A>
     </DUT>
  </Bench>
</Assembly>

How can I get a reference to 'P2'-element that I can insert a new DUT? I tried following code which gives me an error:

var xElement = xmlDoc.Element("Assembly")
                                .Elements("Bench")
                                .Where(item => item.Attribute("Typ").Value == "P2")
                                .FirstOrDefault();

xElement.AddAfterSelf(new XElement("DUT"));

thanks in advance

use mentioned link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2131061/how-do-i-insert-an-element-into-xml-using-linq — Dhaval Patel, May 01 '14 at 13:24
-> In which way I need to change the query? The example does not give me right solution. — Norick, May 01 '14 at 14:10

har07 · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-01T13:35:51.453

3

Typ is element name, not an attribute. If you meant to add new <DUT> element after existing <DUT> under the second <Bench>, this slight change to the code you've tried should work :

var xElement = xmlDoc.Element("Assembly")
                     .Elements("Bench")
                     .FirstOrDefault(item => item.Element("Typ").Value == "P2");

xElement.AddAfterSelf(new XElement("DUT"));

edited May 01 '14 at 13:35

answered May 01 '14 at 13:29

har07

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You could shorten it a bit by incorporating the lambda into the `FirstOrDefault` call and removing the `Where` – Andrew Whitaker May 01 '14 at 13:33

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 01 '14 at 16:44

Another way of doing the same thing, just to show the options available.

XElement typ = xmlDoc.Descentants("Typ")
                     .FirstOrDefault(typ => ((string)typ) == "P2");

You can use the same AddAfterSelf as har07, or .Parent.Add() if it doesn't matter where in the parent Bench it goes. Add will add it as the last element.

typ.Parent.Add(new XElement("DUT"));

How can I insert an XElement into an existing xml-file?

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