XDocument vs XmlDocument

Question

Hello experts,

To load and parse PAD xml from string which one is recommended to use, ie faster or more efficient?

XDocument.Root.Element("Program_Info")..Element("Program_Version")

XmlDocument.GetElementsByTagName("Program_Version")

Confused to choose one?

Sample PAD xml file to parse:

https://github.com/philc/InstallPad/blob/master/data/pad.xml

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi @StewartBW ，

XDocument should be better for the following reasons:

1. Supports LINQ queries, making it easier to navigate and query XML documents.
2. More readable and easier to maintain.
3. Better performance for large XML documents due to optimized parsing and querying.

Best Regards.

Jiachen Li

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