How can i read in attributes from an XML document in C#?

Question

For a college project i was recently assigned i need to create an XML document that will represent a chessboard. So i created elements for each space on the chessboard and then i want to assign an attribute to each space element that contains the name of the piece that is there. For example:

<pos piece="R"/>

would be a Rook.

When it comes to the C# program, how can i read in the attribute value i am using a loop like so:

while(_reader.Read())
{
   if (_reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
   {
      if(_reader.HasAttributes)
      {
           //This is where i want to assign the attribute to a char
           char piece;
      }
   }
}

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 24 '14 at 18:59

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Why not create a dataset according to your xml scheme? Then you get all stuff as gift automatically. I would prefer this. Helps much and is reusable later on for any other stuff.

answered May 24 '14 at 18:59

icbytes

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 24 '14 at 19:47

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You can use XmlReader.GetAttribute() method to get XML attribute value :

string piece = _reader.GetAttribute("piece");

answered May 24 '14 at 19:47

har07

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 24 '14 at 19:57

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Yo, here's the Microsoft tutorial hope it helps. MSDN

answered May 24 '14 at 19:57

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 24 '14 at 20:02

I made one of these a while, back when i begun programming. This may not be the most efficient way but it will work.

XmlReader ReadXML = XmlReader.Create("XML FILE"); //Creates XMLReader instance

   while (ReadXML.NodeType != XmlNodeType.EndElement) //Sets the node types to closes. 
    {
       ReadXML.Read(); //Reads the XML Doc
            if (ReadXML.Name == "Child") //Focuses node 
            {
               while (ReadXML.NodeType != XmlNodeType.EndElement)//If the node is not empty
                 {
                    ReadXML.Read();
                    if (ReadXML.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Text) //Gets the text in the node
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("In 'Child' node = {0}", ReadXML.Value);
                        Console.ReadKey();
                    }
                }
          }
      }

How can i read in attributes from an XML document in C#?

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