Parsing XML data in C# and show into ListBox

Question

I am trying to parse a XML file in C# using Visual Studio and show the data in a ListBox, but I don\'t know how to parse it when I\'m dealing with a nested XML file.

Answer 1

You can get LikedPerson node and get it's name/age like you do now. In order to avoid code duplication, you can create a method, which takes XmlNode, parses it recursively and returns a Person. But the better way is to use XmlSerializer

foreach (XmlNode node in doc.DocumentElement) 
{
    string name = node.Attributes[0].Value;
    int age = int.Parse(node["Age"].InnerText);
    bool isMale = bool.Parse(node["IsMale"].InnerText);

    var likedPerson = node.SelectSingleNode("LikedPerson");

    if (likedPerson != null){
        string name = likedPerson.Attributes[0].Value;
        //age, gender, etc.        
    }        
}