Parsing xml file with linq

Question

No matter what I try I am unable to parse this xml with linq and get the full-path value:

Answer 1

You can use the XDocument.Load static method in order to read the full-path value easily, but don't forget to use the element namespace as a prefix:

var zip = ZipFile.Open(file.FullName, ZipArchiveMode.Read);
var info = zip.GetEntry("META-INF/container.xml");

var doc = XDocument.Load(info.Open());
XNamespace ns = "urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:container";
var element = doc.Descendants(ns+"rootfile").FirstOrDefault();

if(element != null)
{
    var fullPath = element.Attribute("full-path").Value;
}  

Answer 2

You have a namespace, you need to specify it with your element name:

XNamespace ns = "urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:container";

var rootFiles = xml.Descendants(ns + "rootfile");