CSharp - XML Loading with XDocument.Load()

Introduction

You can load your XML document using any of several methods. Here is a list:

static XDocument XDocument.Load(string uri);
static XDocument XDocument.Load(TextReader textReader);
static XDocument XDocument.Load(XmlReader reader);
static XDocument XDocument.Load(string uri, LoadOptions options);
static XDocument XDocument.Load(TextReader textReader, LoadOptions options);
static XDocument XDocument.Load(XmlReader reader, LoadOptions options);

The Load method is static.

The LoadOptions enum has the options shown in the following table.

Option	Description
LoadOptions.None	Use this option to specify that no load options are to be used.
LoadOptions.PreserveWhitespace	Use this option to preserve the whitespace in the XML source, such as blank lines.
LoadOptions.SetLineInfo	Use this option so that you may obtain the line and position of any object inheriting from XObject by using the IXmlLineInfo interface.
LoadOptions.SetBaseUri	Use this option so that you may obtain the base URI of any object inheriting from XObject.

Demo

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Xml;

class Program/*from   w ww  . j  av a  2  s .  c o  m*/
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        XDocument xDocument = XDocument.Load("bookparticipants.xml",
          LoadOptions.SetBaseUri | LoadOptions.SetLineInfo);

        Console.WriteLine(xDocument);

        XElement firstName = xDocument.Descendants("FirstName").First();

        Console.WriteLine("FirstName Line:{0} - Position:{1}",
          ((IXmlLineInfo)firstName).LineNumber,
          ((IXmlLineInfo)firstName).LinePosition);

        Console.WriteLine("FirstName Base URI:{0}", firstName.BaseUri);
    }
}

CSharp - XML Loading with XDocument.Load()

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Demo

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