Re: Read XML file using OOP

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Tammy Nejadian wrote:

My xml file call carsXml.xml and it includes below information:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<carlot>
<car>
<Make>OldsMobile</Make>
<Model>Cutlas</Model>
<Milage>5000</Milage>
</car>
<car>
<Make>Chevelate</Make>
<Model>Camro</Model>
<Milage>6000</Milage>
</car>
</carlot>
My Class calls carClass however it is not completed. I dont know how to lead that xml file here to read it. The codes I have are:
class carClass
{
//Field
private string _model;
private string _make;
private int _milage;

//properties
public string Model
{
get { return _model; }
set { _model = value; }
}

public string Make
{
get { return _make; }
set {_make = value; }
}

public int Milage
{
get { return _milage; }
set { _milage = value;}
}
}

You could use XML serialization like this:

[XmlRoot(ElementName="carlot")]
public class Carlot
{
public Carlot() { }
private carClass[] cars;

[XmlElement(ElementName = "car")]
public carClass[] Cars
{
get { return cars; }
set { cars = value; }
}
}

public class carClass
{
public carClass() { }
//Field
private string _model;
private string _make;
private int _milage;

//properties
public string Model
{
get { return _model; }
set { _model = value; }
}

public string Make
{
get { return _make; }
set { _make = value; }
}

public int Milage
{
get { return _milage; }
set { _milage = value; }
}
}

then you can load your XML like this:

XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Carlot));
Carlot carlot = (Carlot)ser.Deserialize(XmlReader.Create(@"..\..\XMLFile1.xml"));
foreach (carClass car in carlot.Cars)
{
Console.WriteLine("Make: {0}; Model: {1}; Milage: {2}.", car.Make, car.Model, car.Milage);
}


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