Add element using Linq to Xml
Use System.Xml.Linq Namespace.
Here few examples are shown to how to insert xml elements and attributes in different types of xml documents.
Example 1
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Students>
<Student>
<Name>Jitesh</Name>
<Email>jitesh@ProgramIdea.com</Email>
<City>Buxar</City>
</Student>
</Students>
XDocument document = XDocument.Load(@"D:\Student.xml");
document.Element("Students").Add(
new XElement("Student",
new XElement("Name", "Amit"),
new XElement("Email", "Amit@ProgramIdea.com"),
new XElement("City", "Dumraon")
)
);
document.Save(@"D:\Student.xml");
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Students>
<Student>
<Name>Jitesh</Name>
<Email>jitesh@ProgramIdea.com</Email>
<City>Buxar</City>
</Student>
<Student>
<Name>Amit</Name>
<Email>Amit@ProgramIdea.com</Email>
<City>Dumraon</City>
</Student>
</Students>
Example 2
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Students>
<Student Id="1">
<Name>Jitesh</Name>
<Email>jitesh@ProgramIdea.com</Email>
<City>Buxar</City>
</Student>
</Students>
XDocument document1 = XDocument.Load(@"D:\Student1.xml");
document1.Element("Students").Add(
new XElement("Student",
new XAttribute("Id", "2"),
new XElement("Name", "Amit"),
new XElement("Email", "Amit@ProgramIdea.com"),
new XElement("City", "Dumraon")
)
);
document1.Save(@"D:\Student1.xml");
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Students>
<Student Id="1">
<Name>Jitesh</Name>
<Email>jitesh@ProgramIdea.com</Email>
<City>Buxar</City>
</Student>
<Student Id="2">
<Name>Amit</Name>
<Email>Amit@ProgramIdea.com</Email>
<City>Dumraon</City>
</Student>
</Students>
Example 3
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Students>
<Student Id="1" Name="Jitesh" Email="jitesh@ProgramIdea.com" City="Buxar" />
</Students>
XDocument document2 = XDocument.Load(@"D:\Student2.xml");
document2.Element("Students").Add(
new XElement("Student",
new XAttribute("Id", "2"),
new XAttribute("Name", "Amit"),
new XAttribute("Email", "amit@ProgramIdea.com"),
new XAttribute("City", "Dumraon")
)
);
document2.Save(@"D:\Student2.xml");
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Students>
<Student Id="1" Name="Jitesh" Email="jitesh@ProgramIdea.com" City="Buxar" />
<Student Id="2" Name="Amit" Email="amit@ProgramIdea.com" City="Dumraon" />
</Students>
Example 4
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Students>
<Student>
<Name>Jitesh</Name>
<Email>jitesh@ProgramIdea.com</Email>
<City>Buxar</City>
</Student>
<Education>
<Degree>B.Tech</Degree>
<Branch>ECE</Branch>
<University>RTU</University>
</Education>
</Students>
XDocument document3 = XDocument.Load(@"D:\Student3.xml");
document3.Element("Students").Add(
new XElement("Contact",
new XElement("Mobile", "8431214496"),
new XElement("Email", "jitesh123.2008@gmail.com")
)
);
document3.Save(@"D:\Student3.xml");
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Students>
<Student>
<Name>Jitesh</Name>
<Email>jitesh@ProgramIdea.com</Email>
<City>Buxar</City>
</Student>
<Education>
<Degree>B.Tech</Degree>
<Branch>ECE</Branch>
<University>RTU</University>
</Education>
<Contact>
<Mobile>8431214496</Mobile>
<Email>jitesh123.2008@gmail.com</Email>
</Contact>
</Students>
Example 5
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Students>
<Student>
<Name>Jitesh</Name>
<Email>jitesh@ProgramIdea.com</Email>
<City>Buxar</City>
<Education>
<Degree>B.Tech</Degree>
<Branch>ECE</Branch>
<University>RTU</University>
</Education>
</Student>
</Students>
XDocument document4 = XDocument.Load(@"D:\Student4.xml");
document4.Element("Students").Add(
new XElement("Student",
new XElement("Name", "Amit"),
new XElement("Email", "amit@ProgramIdea.com"),
new XElement("City", "Dumraon"),
new XElement("Education",
new XElement("Degree", "B.Tech"),
new XElement("Branch", "ECE"),
new XElement("University", "RTU")
)
)
);
document4.Save(@"D:\Student4.xml");
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Students>
<Student>
<Name>Jitesh</Name>
<Email>jitesh@ProgramIdea.com</Email>
<City>Buxar</City>
<Education>
<Degree>B.Tech</Degree>
<Branch>ECE</Branch>
<University>RTU</University>
</Education>
</Student>
<Student>
<Name>Amit</Name>
<Email>amit@ProgramIdea.com</Email>
<City>Dumraon</City>
<Education>
<Degree>B.Tech</Degree>
<Branch>ECE</Branch>
<University>RTU</University>
</Education>
</Student>
</Students>