Populate XDocument from String

Question

I'm working on a little something and I am trying to figure out whether I can load an XDocument from a string. XDocument.Load() seems to take the string passed to it as a path to a physical XML file.

I want to try and bypass the step of first having to create the physical XML file and jump straight to populating the XDocument.

Any ideas?

Ronald Wildenberg · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-08T13:43:02.470

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You can use XDocument.Parse for this.

edited Aug 08 '11 at 13:43

answered Apr 14 '09 at 13:27

Ronald Wildenberg

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score 84 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 14 '09 at 13:28

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You can use XDocument.Parse(string) instead of Load(string).

answered Apr 14 '09 at 13:28

Samuel

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score 43 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 14 '09 at 13:29

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How about this...?

TextReader tr = new StringReader("<Root>Content</Root>");
XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(tr);
Console.WriteLine(doc);

This was taken from the MSDN docs for XDocument.Load, found here...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb299692.aspx

answered Apr 14 '09 at 13:29

Martin Peck

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But, as pointed out in other answers, Parse is the way to do this. – Martin Peck Apr 14 '09 at 13:30
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Actually, Parse internally uses a StringReader. – Samuel Apr 14 '09 at 13:36
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@Samuel (and upvoters) not all TextReaders are StringReaders. This is an example of using TextReader, the fact it coincidentally shares the same reader as Parse is irrelevant. – Chris Marisic Apr 28 '14 at 13:30

score 24 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 14 '09 at 13:29

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Try the Parse method.

answered Apr 14 '09 at 13:29

bruno conde

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