How can I build XML in C#?

Question

How can I generate valid XML in C#?

Answer 1

I think this resource should suffice for a moderate XML save/load: Read/Write XML using C#.

My task was to store musical notation. I choose XML, because I guess .NET has matured enough to allow easy solution for the task. I was right :)

This is my song file prototype:

That can be solved quite easily:

For Save to File:

 private void saveToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
     saveFileDialog1.Title = "Save Song File";
     saveFileDialog1.Filter = "Song Files|*.xsong";
     if (saveFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
     {
         FileStream fs = new FileStream(saveFileDialog1.FileName, FileMode.Create);
         XmlTextWriter w = new XmlTextWriter(fs, Encoding.UTF8);
         w.WriteStartDocument();
         w.WriteStartElement("music");
         w.WriteAttributeString("judul", Program.music.getTitle());
         w.WriteAttributeString("pengarang", Program.music.getAuthor());
         w.WriteAttributeString("tempo", Program.music.getTempo()+"");
         w.WriteAttributeString("birama", Program.music.getBirama());
         w.WriteAttributeString("nadadasar", Program.music.getNadaDasar());
         w.WriteAttributeString("biramapembilang", Program.music.getBiramaPembilang()+"");
         w.WriteAttributeString("biramapenyebut", Program.music.getBiramaPenyebut()+"");

         for (int i = 0; i < listNotasi.Count; i++)
         {
             CNot not = listNotasi[i];
             w.WriteStartElement("not");
             w.WriteAttributeString("angka", not.getNot() + "");
             w.WriteAttributeString("oktaf", not.getOktaf() + "");
             String naikturun="";
             if(not.isTurunSetengah())naikturun="\\";
             else if(not.isNaikSetengah())naikturun="/";
             w.WriteAttributeString("naikturun",naikturun);
             w.WriteAttributeString("nilai", not.getNilaiNot()+"");
             w.WriteEndElement();
         }
         w.WriteEndElement();

         w.Flush();
         fs.Close();
     }

 }

For load file:

openFileDialog1.Title = "Open Song File";
openFileDialog1.Filter = "Song Files|*.xsong";
if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
    FileStream fs = new FileStream(openFileDialog1.FileName, FileMode.Open);
    XmlTextReader r = new XmlTextReader(fs);

    while (r.Read())
    {
        if (r.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
        {
            if (r.Name.ToLower().Equals("music"))
            {
                Program.music = new CMusic(r.GetAttribute("judul"),
                    r.GetAttribute("pengarang"),
                    r.GetAttribute("birama"),
                    Convert.ToInt32(r.GetAttribute("tempo")),
                    r.GetAttribute("nadadasar"),
                    Convert.ToInt32(r.GetAttribute("biramapembilang")),
                    Convert.ToInt32(r.GetAttribute("biramapenyebut")));
            }
            else
                if (r.Name.ToLower().Equals("not"))
                {
                    CNot not = new CNot(Convert.ToInt32(r.GetAttribute("angka")), Convert.ToInt32(r.GetAttribute("oktaf")));
                    if (r.GetAttribute("naikturun").Equals("/"))
                    {
                        not.setNaikSetengah();
                    }
                    else if (r.GetAttribute("naikturun").Equals("\\"))
                    {
                        not.setTurunSetengah();
                    }
                    not.setNilaiNot(Convert.ToSingle(r.GetAttribute("nilai")));
                    listNotasi.Add(not);
                }
        }
        else
            if (r.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Text)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("\tVALUE: " + r.Value);
            }
    }
}

}
}