Xml Tree

A utility for parsing XML structures without all the hassle.

// Parse files
var doc = XmlTree.Parse.File("c:/dir/my-file.xml");
foreach(var rootNode in doc.nodes) {
    // Do something
}

// Parse strings
var doc = XmlTree.Parse.String("<p> Hello World! </p>");
Console.WriteLine(doc.nodes[0].tag); // > p
Console.WriteLine(doc.nodes[0].value); // > Hello World!

// Include or ignore comments
var options = new XmlTree.ParserOptions { comments = CommentOptions.Include };
var doc = XmlTree.Parse.String("<!-- Comments work! -->", options);
Console.WriteLine(doc.nodes[0].tag); // > !--
Console.WriteLine(doc.nodes[0].value); // > Comments work!

What you get

• A full node tree of any given XML structure

• Options for getting / ignoring comments

• Full attribute support

  • With quotation marks, both value="example" and value='example'

  • Without quotation marks, like value=example

• Full self-closing support

  • Any <x /> style element will be parsed correctly no matter the type of xml

  • Any self closing tags in HTML docs, like <img />, will be parsed correctly even if supplied as <img>

  • Optional custom closing tags in the parse options

• Simple value & text handling

  • Single value nodes, like a <p> element without any spans in HTML, will be parsed as a single node containing the text as its node value

  • Multi-value nodes, like a <p> element with one or more <span> children, will have all content as child nodes. Any free text outside of spans will be places as children without an element tag

• Automatic encoding from the prolog for File and Byte parsing

Note

This is not a deserialization utility, although it could be turned into one should you wish. This is a tool for getting the tree structure of XML data. The tool was for example built for creating an HTML minifier, but it may be used in any XML related workflow.