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:
<Campaign name="ABC">
</Campaign>
Above is the expected XML. But it returns
<Campaign name=\"ABC\">
</Campaign>
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.
"
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.
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()
you can use xmlDoc.InnerXml
property to get xml in string
Assuming xmlDoc is an XmlDocument object whats wrong with xmlDoc.OuterXml?
return xmlDoc.OuterXml;
The OuterXml property returns a string version of the xml.
Source: Stackoverflow.com