Converting XML to a dynamic C# object

I've used the following C# code to convert a string of JSON data to a dynamic object using the JSON.Net framework:

// Creates a dynamic .Net object representing the JSON data
var ProductDB = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(JsonData);

Once converted, I can access the elements directly using code like this:

// Variables to be used
string ProductID;
string ProductType;
int ProductQty;


// Loop through each of the products
foreach (dynamic product in ProductDB.products)
{
ProductID = product.id;
ProductType = product.type;
ProductQty = product.qty;
}

Is there anything similar to this for working with XML data? I could just use JSON.net to convert my XML to JSON and then re-use the code above, but that feels like cheating.

Thanks.

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From @FSX's answer I have successfully used the solution from "Parse XML to dynamic object in C#":

public class XmlToDynamic
{
public static void Parse(dynamic parent, XElement node)
{
if (node.HasElements)
{
if (node.Elements(node.Elements().First().Name.LocalName).Count() > 1)
{
//list
var item = new ExpandoObject();
var list = new List<dynamic>();
foreach (var element in node.Elements())
{
Parse(list, element);
}


AddProperty(item, node.Elements().First().Name.LocalName, list);
AddProperty(parent, node.Name.ToString(), item);
}
else
{
var item = new ExpandoObject();


foreach (var attribute in node.Attributes())
{
AddProperty(item, attribute.Name.ToString(), attribute.Value.Trim());
}


//element
foreach (var element in node.Elements())
{
Parse(item, element);
}


AddProperty(parent, node.Name.ToString(), item);
}
}
else
{
AddProperty(parent, node.Name.ToString(), node.Value.Trim());
}
}


private static void AddProperty(dynamic parent, string name, object value)
{
if (parent is List<dynamic>)
{
(parent as List<dynamic>).Add(value);
}
else
{
(parent as IDictionary<String, object>)[name] = value;
}
}
}
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An alternative for future visitors, the one from ITDevSpace doesn't include attributes on elements with children.

public class XmlWrapper
{
public static dynamic Convert(XElement parent)
{
dynamic output = new ExpandoObject();


output.Name = parent.Name.LocalName;
output.Value = parent.Value;


output.HasAttributes = parent.HasAttributes;
if (parent.HasAttributes)
{
output.Attributes = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();
foreach (XAttribute attr in parent.Attributes())
{
KeyValuePair<string, string> temp = new KeyValuePair<string, string>(attr.Name.LocalName, attr.Value);
output.Attributes.Add(temp);
}
}


output.HasElements = parent.HasElements;
if (parent.HasElements)
{
output.Elements = new List<dynamic>();
foreach (XElement element in parent.Elements())
{
dynamic temp = Convert(element);
output.Elements.Add(temp);
}
}


return output;
}
}
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XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(xmlData); //or XDocument.Load(path)
string jsonText = JsonConvert.SerializeXNode(doc);
dynamic dyn = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ExpandoObject>(jsonText);

I think "cheating" is the answer - the xml solutions are very long :)

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Cinchoo ETL - an open source library available to parse xml into dynamic object

using (var p = ChoXmlReader.LoadText(xml).WithXPath("/"))
{
foreach (dynamic rec in p)
Console.WriteLine(rec.Dump());
}

Checkout CodeProject article for some additional help.

Disclaimer: I'm the author of this library.


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