Read a XML tree structure recursively in a List with children lists

Question

I have an XML like this:

And I have a Member class with property Name.

How can I read every Unit and its children Units into multiple generic List

Answer 1

This would do it, using plain recursion:

public class Unit
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public List Children { get; set; }
}

class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        XDocument doc = XDocument.Load("test.xml");
        List units = LoadUnits(doc.Descendants("Units").Elements("Unit"));
    }

    public static List LoadUnits(IEnumerable units)
    {
        return units.Select( x=> new Unit() 
                                 { Name = x.Attribute("Name").Value, 
                                   Children = LoadUnits(x.Elements("Unit")) 
                                 }).ToList();
    }
}