C# 2010 for Programmers, Fourth Edition

26. XML and LINQ to XML

Objectives

In this chapter you’ll learn:

• To specify and validate an XML document’s structure.

• To create and use simple XSL style sheets to render XML document data.

• To use the Document Object Model (DOM) to manipulate XML in C# programs.

• To use LINQ to XML to extract and manipulate data from XML documents.

• To create new XML documents using the classes provided by the .NET Framework.

• To work with XML namespaces in your C# code.

• To transform XML documents into XHTML using class XslCompiledTransform.

Like everything metaphysical, the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language.

—Ludwig Wittgenstein

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