How to read a XML file and write into List<>?

Question

I have a List<> which I have managed to write into file. Now I am trying to read the same file and write it back to List<>. Is there a

Answer 1

you can use LINQ to XML to read your XML file and bind it to your List.

http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1524/reading-xml-documents-using-linq-to-xml/ this link has enough info about it.

this is something I did in past; I hope it helps. I think you want to exactly same thing

    public static List MapInfo()
     {

         var maps = from c in XElement.Load(System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.MapPath("/ProjectMap.xml")).Elements("ProjectMap")
                     select c;
         List mapList = new List();

         foreach (var item in maps)
         {
             mapList.Add(new ProjectMap() { Project = item.Element("Project").Value, SubProject = item.Element("SubProject").Value, Prefix = item.Element("Prefix").Value, TableID = item.Element("TableID").Value  });

         }
         return mapList;
    }