Reading non-standard elements in a SyndicationItem with SyndicationFeed

Question

With .net 3.5, there is a SyndicationFeed that will load in a RSS feed and allow you to run LINQ on it.

Here is an example of the RSS that I am loading:

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Answer 1

Whether you're retrieving the non-XML contents of extension elements or XElement items, you might want to consider using a generic helper function like:

private static T GetExtensionElementValue(SyndicationItem item, string extensionElementName)
{
       return item.ElementExtensions.First(ee => ee.OuterName == extensionElementName).GetObject();
}

Depending on whether the elements are guaranteed to be there or whether you are putting this into a reusable library, you may need to add additional defensive programming.