Deserialize XML To Object using Dynamic
You may want to try this.
string xml = @"<Students> <Student ID=""100""> <Name>Arul</Name> <Mark>90</Mark> </Student> <Student> <Name>Arul2</Name> <Mark>80</Mark> </Student> </Students>";dynamic students = DynamicXml.Parse(xml);var id = students.Student[0].ID;var name1 = students.Student[1].Name;foreach(var std in students.Student){ Console.WriteLine(std.Mark);}
public class DynamicXml : DynamicObject{ XElement _root; private DynamicXml(XElement root) { _root = root; } public static DynamicXml Parse(string xmlString) { return new DynamicXml(XDocument.Parse(xmlString).Root); } public static DynamicXml Load(string filename) { return new DynamicXml(XDocument.Load(filename).Root); } public override bool TryGetMember(GetMemberBinder binder, out object result) { result = null; var att = _root.Attribute(binder.Name); if (att != null) { result = att.Value; return true; } var nodes = _root.Elements(binder.Name); if (nodes.Count() > 1) { result = nodes.Select(n => n.HasElements ? (object)new DynamicXml(n) : n.Value).ToList(); return true; } var node = _root.Element(binder.Name); if (node != null) { result = node.HasElements || node.HasAttributes ? (object)new DynamicXml(node) : node.Value; return true; } return true; }}
--EDIT--
To make it work with xml namespaces, I added RemoveNamespaces method.
public class DynamicXml : DynamicObject{ XElement _root; private DynamicXml(XElement root) { _root = root; } public static DynamicXml Parse(string xmlString) { return new DynamicXml(RemoveNamespaces(XDocument.Parse(xmlString).Root)); } public static DynamicXml Load(string filename) { return new DynamicXml(RemoveNamespaces(XDocument.Load(filename).Root)); } private static XElement RemoveNamespaces(XElement xElem) { var attrs = xElem.Attributes() .Where(a => !a.IsNamespaceDeclaration) .Select(a => new XAttribute(a.Name.LocalName, a.Value)) .ToList(); if (!xElem.HasElements) { XElement xElement = new XElement(xElem.Name.LocalName, attrs); xElement.Value = xElem.Value; return xElement; } var newXElem = new XElement(xElem.Name.LocalName, xElem.Elements().Select(e => RemoveNamespaces(e))); newXElem.Add(attrs); return newXElem; } public override bool TryGetMember(GetMemberBinder binder, out object result) { result = null; var att = _root.Attribute(binder.Name); if (att != null) { result = att.Value; return true; } var nodes = _root.Elements(binder.Name); if (nodes.Count() > 1) { result = nodes.Select(n => n.HasElements ? (object)new DynamicXml(n) : n.Value).ToList(); return true; } var node = _root.Element(binder.Name); if (node != null) { result = node.HasElements || node.HasAttributes ? (object)new DynamicXml(node) : node.Value; return true; } return true; }}