Creating an XML Document using XMLDom and returning string as response...

Some answers are so straight forward but you just dont find them when you need them. I am happy that i am maintaining this blog and hopefully the next time when i need these answers i come back here.... :)

This is the XML i am trying to create -


//Create XML document
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();

//Write down the XML declaration
XmlDeclaration xmlDeclaration = xmlDoc.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "utf-8", null);

// Create the root element
XmlElement rootNode = xmlDoc.CreateElement("PropList");
xmlDoc.InsertBefore(xmlDeclaration, xmlDoc.DocumentElement);
xmlDoc.AppendChild(rootNode);

//
//Create an XML element
XmlElement parentNode = xmlDoc.CreateElement("Prop");
//Create an XML attribute
XmlAttribute idAttribute = xmlDoc.CreateAttribute("PropID");
idAttribute.Value = i.ToString();
//Associate the attribute to the element
parentNode.SetAttributeNode(idAttribute);

xmlDoc.DocumentElement.PrependChild(parentNode);

//MEMSG
//Create an XML element
XmlElement newCityHocn = xmlDoc.CreateElement("CityHocn");
newCityHocn.InnerText = "MEMSG";
//Add this element as an child to Prop
parentNode.AppendChild(newCityHocn);

//1000121
//Create an XML element
XmlElement newSecFacilityID = xmlDoc.CreateElement("SecondaryFacilityID");
newSecFacilityID.InnerText = "1000121";
//Add this element as an child to Prop
parentNode.AppendChild(newSecFacilityID);
//

// Save to the XML file
//xmlDoc.Save(@"D:\test.xml");

//return string
xmlDoc.OuterXML;

If you are creating a web service and you want to return string as an response to the web method then use xmlDoc.OuterXML instead of saving to a file. String response will help non .net platforms to consume from web service as well.

Others - http://www.mastercsharp.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=69&&TopicID=9

Thanks - Dipesh