Convert an XmlNode to an object
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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Xsl;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
//using Dotnet.Commons.Reflection;
namespace Dotnet.Commons.Xml
{
///
/// <summary>
/// This utility class contains wrapper functions that help to ease the handling and
/// manipulation of Xml documents, such as adding an element, adding an attribute
/// to an element, copying and cloning of nodes, etc.
///
/// </summary>
///
public abstract class XmlUtils
{
/// <summary>
/// Convert an XmlNode to an object
/// </summary>
/// <param name="node"></param>
/// <param name="targetObj"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
/// -----------------------------------------------------------
public static object FromXmlNodeWithAttributes(XmlNode node, object targetObj)
{
if (node.Attributes.Count == 0)
return targetObj;
foreach( XmlAttribute attr in node.Attributes)
{
string propertyName = attr.Name;
string propertyValue = attr.Value;
PropertyInfo pi = targetObj.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName);
if (pi != null)
pi.SetValue(targetObj, Convert.ChangeType(propertyValue, pi.PropertyType), null);
else // search if such field exists
{
FieldInfo fi = targetObj.GetType().GetField(propertyName);
if (fi != null)
fi.SetValue(targetObj, Convert.ChangeType(propertyValue, fi.FieldType));
}
}
return targetObj;
}
}
}
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