I need to convert an XML string into an XmlElement

Question

I'm looking for the simplest way to convert a string containing valid XML into an XmlElement object in C#.

How can you turn this into an XmlElement?

<item><name>wrench</name></item> 

Answer 1

Use this:

private static XmlElement GetElement(string xml) {     XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();     doc.LoadXml(xml);     return doc.DocumentElement; } 

Beware!! If you need to add this element to another document first you need to Import it using ImportNode.

Answer 2

Suppose you already had a XmlDocument with children nodes, And you need add more child element from string.

XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument(); // Add some child nodes manipulation in earlier // ..  // Add more child nodes to existing XmlDocument from xml string string strXml =    @"<item><name>wrench</name></item>     <item><name>screwdriver</name></item>"; XmlDocumentFragment xmlDocFragment = xmlDoc.CreateDocumentFragment(); xmlDocFragment.InnerXml = strXml; xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("root").AppendChild(xmlDocFragment); 

The Result:

<root>   <item><name>this is earlier manipulation</name>   <item><name>wrench</name></item>   <item><name>screwdriver</name> </root>