I need to convert an XML string into an XmlElement

Question

I'm looking for the simplest way to convert a string into an XmlElement in C#.

Thanks

Answer 1

Use XmlDocument.LoadXml:

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml("<item><name>wrench</name></item>");
XmlElement root = doc.DocumentElement;

(Or in case you're talking about XElement, use XDocument.Parse:)

XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse("<item><name>wrench</name></item>");
XElement root = doc.Root;

Answer 2

Use this:

private static XmlElement GetElement(string xml)
    {
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        doc.LoadXml(xml);
        return doc.DocumentElement;
    }

Beware!! If you need to add this element to another document first you need to Import it using ImportNode.

Answer 3

You can use XmlDocument.LoadXml() to do this.

Here is a simple examle:

XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument(); 
xmlDoc.LoadXml("YOUR XML STRING");