Parse XDocument without having to keep specifying the default namespace

Question

I have some XML data (similar to the sample below) and I want to read the values in code.

Why am I forced to specify the default namespace to access each element? I woul

Answer 1

You can use XmlTextReader.Namespaces property to disable namespaces while reading XML file.

string filePath;
XmlTextReader xReader = new XmlTextReader(filePath);
xReader.Namespaces = false;
XDocument xDoc = XDocument.Load(xReader);