Parse XML File

1. Reference System.XML
2. Use XmlReader to parse the text string
3. Use XmlReader to read the xml data

string xmlString =

                @"<bookstore>

                    <book genre='autobox' publishDate='2015-03-04'>

                        <title>Many bottle</title>

                        <author>

                            <firstName>David</firstName>

                            <lastName>Baby<lastName>

                        </author>

                    </book>

                  </bookstore>";

StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();

using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(xmlString)))

{

   reader.ReadToFollowing("book");

   reader.MoveToFirstAttribute();

   string genre = reader.Value;

   result.AppendLine("Genre value :" + genre);

   reader.ReadToFollowing("title");

   result.AppendLine("title element :" + reader.ReadElementContentAsString());

}

Console.Write(result);