how to read xml file in c# with example

Example 1: read xml file c#

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
using (StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(path_name, Encoding.UTF8))
{
	contents = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
}
doc.LoadXml(contents);

Example 2: how to create xml file in c#

new XDocument(
    new XElement("root", 
        new XElement("someNode", "someValue")    
    )
)
.Save("foo.xml");