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copied!<p>I would use the XLINQ classes in System.Xml.Linq (this is the namespace and the assembly you will need to reference). Load the XML into and XDocument:</p> <pre><code>XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(someString); </code></pre> <p>Next you can either use recursion or a pseudo-recursion loop to iterate over the child nodes. You can choose you child nodes like:</p> <pre><code>//if Directory is tag name of Directory XML //Note: Root is just the root XElement of the document var directoryElements = doc.Root.Elements("Directory"); //you get the idea var fileElements = doc.Root.Elements("File"); </code></pre> <p>The variables <em>directoryElements</em> and <em>fileElements</em> will be IEnumerable types, which means you can use something like a foreach to loop through all of the elements. One way to build up you elements would be something like this:</p> <pre><code>List<MyFileType> files = new List<MyFileType>(); foreach(XElelement fileElement in fileElements) { files.Add(new MyFileType() { Prop1 = fileElement.Element("Prop1"), //assumes properties are elements Prop2 = fileElement.Element("Prop2"), }); } </code></pre> <p>In the example, <em>MyFileType</em> is a type you created to represent files. This is a bit of a brute-force attack, but it will get the job done.</p> <p>If you want to use XPath you will need to <em>using</em> System.Xml.XPath.</p> <hr/> <p><strong><em>A Note on System.Xml vs System.Xml.Linq</em></strong></p> <p>There are a number of XML classes that have been in .Net since the 1.0 days. These live (mostly) in System.Xml. In .Net 3.5, a wonderful, new set of XML classes were released under System.Xml.Linq. I cannot over-emphasize how much nicer they are to work with than the old classes in System.Xml. I would highly recommend them to any .Net programmer and especially someone just getting into .Net/C#. </p>

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