xml parsing - code refactoring issue

Question

I have the following xml:

  
  P1
  

        

Answer 1

Given your XML is tiny, you probably don't have to worry too much about performance. You can just do the whole thing in one go, making use of the built in explicit conversions:

var data = new OutputData
{
    FirstOne = (string) doc.Descendants("FirstOne").Single(),
    SecondOne = (string) doc.Descendants("SecondOne").Single(),
    IsMale = (bool) doc.Descendants("IsMale").Single(),
    MarkOne = (double) doc.Descendants("MarkOne").Single(),
    MarkTwo = (double) doc.Descendants("MarkTwo").Single(),
    Slope = (double) doc.Descendants("Slope").Single()
};

As an aside, Descendants will never return anything implementing IList, so you can definitely remove that.