how to create an xml using xml writer without declaration element
Use XmlWriterSettings.OmitXmlDeclaration
.
Don't forget to set XmlWriterSettings.ConformanceLevel
to ConformanceLevel.Fragment
.
You can subclass XmlTextWriter
and override the WriteStartDocument()
method to do nothing:
public class XmlFragmentWriter : XmlTextWriter
{
// Add whichever constructor(s) you need, e.g.:
public XmlFragmentWriter(Stream stream, Encoding encoding) : base(stream, encoding)
{
}
public override void WriteStartDocument()
{
// Do nothing (omit the declaration)
}
}
Usage:
var stream = new MemoryStream();
var writer = new XmlFragmentWriter(stream, Encoding.UTF8);
// Use the writer ...
Reference: This blog post from Scott Hanselman.
you can use XmlWriter.Create()
with:
new XmlWriterSettings {
OmitXmlDeclaration = true,
ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Fragment
}
public static string FormatXml(string xml)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(xml))
return string.Empty;
try
{
XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
document.LoadXml(xml);
using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(
memoryStream,
new XmlWriterSettings {
Encoding = Encoding.Unicode,
OmitXmlDeclaration = true,
ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Fragment,
Indent = true,
NewLineOnAttributes = false }))
{
document.WriteContentTo(writer);
writer.Flush();
memoryStream.Flush();
memoryStream.Position = 0;
using (StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(memoryStream))
{
return streamReader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
catch (XmlException ex)
{
return "Unformatted Xml version." + Environment.NewLine + ex.Message;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return "Unformatted Xml version." + Environment.NewLine + ex.Message;
}
}