Reading Xml with XmlReader in C#

Question

I\'m trying to read the following Xml document as fast as I can and let additional classes manage the reading of each sub block.

Answer 1

For sub-objects, ReadSubtree() gives you an xml-reader limited to the sub-objects, but I really think that you are doing this the hard way. Unless you have very specific requirements for handling unusual / unpredicatable xml, use XmlSerializer (perhaps coupled with sgen.exe if you really want).

XmlReader is... tricky. Contrast to:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
public class ApplicationPool {
    private readonly List accounts = new List();
    public List Accounts {get{return accounts;}}
}
public class Account {
    public string NameOfKin {get;set;}
    private readonly List statements = new List();
    public List StatementsAvailable {get{return statements;}}
}
public class Statement {}
static class Program {
    static void Main() {
        XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ApplicationPool));
        ser.Serialize(Console.Out, new ApplicationPool {
            Accounts = { new Account { NameOfKin = "Fred",
                StatementsAvailable = { new Statement {}, new Statement {}}}}
        });
    }
}