string to Xml conversion

Question

How to convert the following string to xml ?

 var query = @"<Cars><Car manufacturer='lindo'/>
               <Car manufacturer='Opera'/></Cars>";

As it is a string i can't apply the extension method .cast() to convert it to XDocument or XElement.

Answer 1

Use the XDocument.Parse method.

Answer 2

Try

 var queryXml = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>" + query;
 var xdoc = new XmlDocument();
 xdoc.LoadXml(queryXml);

(Cars will be your root element).