LINQ to XML in VB.NET

Question

I\'m basically brand new to LINQ. I\'ve looked around a lot on here and am pretty confused. I\'ve seen some examples that allow me to strong type objects using LINQ but I do

Answer 1

Doctor Jones posted an excellent example!

To get a collection of named type objects as opposed to anonymous type objects (both are strongly typed) do this:

Module Module1

' some products xml to use for this example '
    Dim productsXml As XElement = _
    
        
            Mountain Bike
            59.99
        
        
            Arsenal Football
            9.99
        
        
            Formula One Cap
            14.99
        
        
            Robin Hood Bow
            8.99
        
    

Class Product

    Private _name As String
    Public Property Name() As String
        Get
            Return _name
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            _name = value
        End Set
    End Property

    Private _price As Double
    Public Property Price() As Double
        Get
            Return _price
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As Double)
            _price = value
        End Set
    End Property

End Class

Sub Main()

    ' get an IEnumerable of Product objects '
    Dim products = From prod In productsXml... _
                   Select New Product With {.Name = prod..Value, .Price = prod..Value}

    ' go through each product '
    For Each prod In products
        ' output the value of the  element within product '
        Console.WriteLine("Product name is {0}", prod.Name)
        ' output the value of the  element within product '
        Console.WriteLine("Product price is {0}", prod.Price)
    Next

End Sub

End Module