Output XML file using XElement

[standerby]

I am writing a XML file suing XElement. How can I output a file like
the following? I got an exception if if I use ':' in the element name
or attribute name.

Thanks,

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<epoStick out tongueolicySchema xmlns:epo="epo-policy"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
</epoStick out tongueolicySchema>

[Peter Duniho]

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:42:09 -0700, standerby <st*******@yahoo.comwrote:

I am writing a XML file suing XElement. How can I output a file like
the following? I got an exception if if I use ':' in the element name
or attribute name.

What is the code you're trying to use? It's hard to say what you're doing
wrong if you don't say what you're doing.

If I've read the docs correctly, you should be able to create a proper
XName instance by combining an XNamespace instance with a string:

XNamespace ns = "xmlns";
XName nameEpo = ns + "epo",
nameXsi = ns + "xsi";

Then you'd pass the appropriate XName to the XElement.SetAttribute()
method (or just create the XName in the method call itself, rather than
putting it in a variable).

If that doesn't address your question, you should probably be more
specific. :)

Pete

[standerby]

On Sep 11, 2:22*pm, "Peter Duniho" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:42:09 -0700, standerby <[e-mail]:

I am writing a XML file suing XElement. How can I output a file like
the following? I got an exception if if I use ':' in the element name
or attribute name.

What is the code you're trying to use? *It's hard to say what you're doing *
wrong if you don't say what you're doing.

If I've read the docs correctly, you should be able to create a proper *
XName instance by combining an XNamespace instance with a string:

* * *XNamespace ns = "xmlns";
* * *XName nameEpo = ns + "epo",
* * * * *nameXsi = ns + "xsi";

Then you'd pass the appropriate XName to the XElement.SetAttribute() *
method (or just create the XName in the method call itself, rather than *
putting it in a variable).

If that doesn't address your question, you should probably be more *
specific. *:)

Pete

Pete,
I have tried similar code to yours before I post here and it doesn't
work very well. Your code will output like this
<EPOPolicySchema p1:epo="mcafee-epo-policy" p1:xsi="http://www.w3.org/
2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:p1="xlmns">
What I need is the exact format like <epo:EPOPolicySchema
xmlns:epo="mcafee-epo-policy" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/
XMLSchema-instance"because it is vendor specific format. Do you know
how to make change? Thanks.

[Peter Duniho]

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:39:43 -0700, standerby <st*******@yahoo.comwrote:

I have tried similar code to yours before I post here and it doesn't
work very well. Your code will output like this
<EPOPolicySchema p1:epo="mcafee-epo-policy" p1:xsi="http://www.w3.org/
2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:p1="xlmns">
What I need is the exact format like <epo:EPOPolicySchema
xmlns:epo="mcafee-epo-policy" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/
XMLSchema-instance"because it is vendor specific format. Do you know
how to make change? Thanks.

No, I don't. I didn't realize that's what XElement would output. If
that's really what it does, I'd report a bug to Microsoft (at
http://connect.microsoft.com/). That seems unnecessarily complicated.

But, you still haven't posted a concise-but-complete code demonstrating
what you've tried, so it's difficult for anyone to provide an accurate
answer.

Pete

[Jeroen Mostert]

standerby wrote:

I am writing a XML file suing XElement. How can I output a file like
the following? I got an exception if if I use ':' in the element name
or attribute name.

Thanks,

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<epoStick out tongueolicySchema xmlns:epo="epo-policy"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
</epoStick out tongueolicySchema>

Stick out tongue, eh? :-)

XNamespace epo = "mcafee-epo-policy";
XNamespace xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
XElement epoPolicySchema = new XElement(epo + "EPOPolicySchema",
new XAttribute(XNamespace.Xmlns + "epo", epo.NamespaceName),
new XAttribute(XNamespace.Xmlns + "xsi", xsi.NamespaceName)
);

This is not terribly elegant or intuitive, but then, neither are XML namespaces.

--
J.