XML parsing in C#

Introduction

The parser gives you a place to start to write an XML parser in C#. We have used the System.Xml.

The code

Code:

public void ParseFile(string strPath)
{
    XmlTextReader xmlReader = new XmlTextReader(strPath);
    int iTab = 0;
    // Read the line of the xml file
    while (xmlReader.Read())
    {
        switch (xmlReader.NodeType)
        {
            case XmlNodeType.Element:
                Hashtable attributes = new Hashtable();
                // We add the attributes to the hash tables

                bool isEmptyElement = false;
                
                PrintWhiteSpace(iTab);

                // Print the start of the element
                Console.Write("<" + xmlReader.Name);
                isEmptyElement = xmlReader.IsEmptyElement;

                if (xmlReader.HasAttributes)
                {
                    // If element has attributes
                    for (int i = 0; i < xmlReader.AttributeCount; i++)
                    {
                        xmlReader.MoveToAttribute(i);
                        attributes.Add(xmlReader.Name, xmlReader.Value);
                        Console.Write(" " + xmlReader.Name + "=" + xmlReader.Value);
                    }
                }

                // Prints the end of the element
                if (isEmptyElement == true)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(" />");
                }
                else
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(">");
                    iTab++;
                }                        
                break;
            case XmlNodeType.EndElement:
                iTab--;
                PrintWhiteSpace(iTab);
                Console.WriteLine("</" + xmlReader.Name + ">");
                break;
            case XmlNodeType.Text:
                PrintWhiteSpace(iTab);
                Console.WriteLine(xmlReader.Value);
                break;
            default:
                break;
        }
    }
}

I have included the comments and the code is pretty much self explanatory.

Using the code

Code:

 XMLParser xml = new XMLParser();
 xml.ParseFile(@"Welcome.xml");
 Console.Read();