XML to LINQ with Checking Null Elements

Question

The situation I am faced with is parsing an XML document into an object using Linq. During the parse I am checking to make sure Elements are not null before proceeding to p

Answer 1

In C# 6.0 you can use monadic Null-conditional operator ?. After applying it in your example it would look like this:

var variable = (from x in xdoc.Descendants("Root")
                select new
                {
                    NetCharge = x.Element("Charges")?.Element("NetCharge")?.Value ?? "0",
                    TotalCharge = x.Element("Charges")?.Element("TotalCharge")?.Value ?? "0"
                }).SingleOrDefault();

You can read more here in part titled Null-conditional operators.