What is the best way to compare XML files for equality?

Question

I\'m using .NET 2.0, and a recent code change has invalidated my previous Assert.AreEqual call (which compared two strings of XML). Only one element of the XML is actually

Answer 1

I made a method to create simple XML paths.

static XElement MakeFromXPath(string xpath)
{
    XElement root = null;
    XElement parent = null;
    var splits = xpath.Split('/'); //split xpath into parts
    foreach (var split in splits)
    {
        var el = new XElement(split);
        if (parent != null)
            parent.Add(el);
        else
            root = el; //first element created, set as root
        parent = el;
    }
    return root;
}

Sample usage:

var element = MakeFromXPath("My/Path/To/Element")'

element will contain the value:

<My>
  <Path>
    <To>
      <Element></Element>
    </To>
  </Path>
</My>