Convert XmlDocument to String

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Here is how I m currently converting XMLDocument to String  StringWriter stringWriter   new StringWriter    XmlTextWriter xmlTextWriter   new XmlTextWriter stringWriter    xmlDoc WriteTo xmlTextWriter    return stringWriter ToString      The problem with this method is that if I have     quotes  which I have in attributes  it escapes them   For Instance    lt Campaign name  ABC  gt   lt  Campaign gt    Above is the expected XML  But it returns   lt Campaign name   ABC   gt   lt  Campaign gt    I can do String Replace     but is that method okay  Are there any side-effects  Will it work fine if the XML itself contains a

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If you are using Windows Data Xml Dom XmlDocument version of XmlDocument  used in UWP apps for example   you can use yourXmlDocument GetXml   to get the XML as a string

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Assuming xmlDoc is an XmlDocument object whats wrong with xmlDoc OuterXml   return xmlDoc OuterXml    The OuterXml property returns a string version of the xml

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is shown as    in the debugger  but the data is correct in the string  and you don t need to replace anything   Try to dump your string to a file and you will note that the string is correct

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you can use xmlDoc InnerXml property to get xml in string

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As an extension method   public static class Extensions       public static string AsString this XmlDocument xmlDoc                using  StringWriter sw   new StringWriter                          using  XmlTextWriter tx   new XmlTextWriter sw                                 xmlDoc WriteTo tx                   string strXmlText   sw ToString                    return strXmlText                                    Now to use simply   yourXmlDoc AsString

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There aren t any quotes  It s just VS debugger  Try printing to the console or saving to a file and you ll see  As a side note  always dispose disposable objects   using  var stringWriter   new StringWriter    using  var xmlTextWriter   XmlWriter Create stringWriter         xmlDoc WriteTo xmlTextWriter       xmlTextWriter Flush        return stringWriter GetStringBuilder   ToString

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