Xml Document creation using DOM

In this article I´ll show you how to create a .xml document using proper tags and definitions. To do this you need to import the System.Xml library.

The idea is simple and the best way to learn this is by a small example.

Here I´ll create a XmlDocument with a couple of child elements.

Code:

XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();

//First, create the declaration

XmlDeclaration declaration = xmlDoc.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", null);

xmlDoc.AppendChild(declaration);

XmlElement books = xmlDoc.CreateElement("BOOK");

xmlDoc.AppendChild(books);

//Child 1 for BOOK

XmlElement book1 = xmlDoc.CreateElement("book-1");

book1.SetAttribute("name", "Harry Potter");

books.AppendChild(book1);

//Child 2 for BOOK

XmlElement book2 = xmlDoc.CreateElement("book-2");

book2.SetAttribute("name", "People");

book2.SetAttribute("type", "magazine");

books.AppendChild(book2);

//Save the Xml

xmlDoc.Save(@"C:\XML\" + "xmlTest.xml");

Output: