XML Parsing C#

XML Parsing C#: Here is the good working example for XML Parsing in C#. using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Xml; namespace org.doublecloud {     class XmlParsingDemo     {         static void Main(string[] args)         {             XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();             doc.Load(@"c:\users\ilyas\documents\books.xml"); //give path;             XmlNodeList nodes =   doc.DocumentElement.SelectNodes("/catalog/book");             List<Book> books = new List<Book>();             foreach (XmlNode node in nodes)             {                 Book book = new Book();                 book.author = node.SelectSingleNode("author").InnerText;                 book.title = node.SelectSingleNode("title").InnerText;                 book.id = node.Attributes["id"].Value;                 books.Add(book);             }             System.Console.WriteLine("Total books: " + books.Count);         }     }     class Book     {         public string id;         public string title;         public string author;     } }

The following is a sample XML for running the code. The content has duplications but is still good for trying out the above program.

<?xml version="1.0"?> <catalog>   <book id="123">     <author>Ilyas</author>     <title>ilyasdotnetdeveloper.blogspot.in</title>     <genre>Computer</genre>     <price>59.99</price>     <publish_date>2014-09-01</publish_date>     <description>       An understanding stuff shared in the blog address shown.     </description>   </book>   <book id="124">     <author>Steve Jin</author>     <title>TBD</title>     <genre>Computer</genre>     <price>59.99</price>     <publish_date>2015-09-01</publish_date>     <description>       An in-depth introduction on something.     </description> </catalog>