Writing xml file using XmlWriter VB.NET

Writing xml file using XmlWriter VB.NET

   Creating  an XML file using XmlWriter part of System.Xml namespace.

Step 1) Create Processing Instruction

Step 2) Create root element called "books" 

Step 3) Create book element

         Step 3.1) Create book title and add it to book

         Step 3.2) Create book price and add it to book

         Step 3.3) Create book publisher and add it to book

                  Step 3.3.1) Create a Authors Node

                  Step 3.3.1.1) Create author node

                              Step 3.3.1.1.1) Create firstname element  add it to author node

                               Step 3.3.1.1.1) Create lastname element       add it to author node    

                   Step 3.3.2) add author node to Authors Node

                  Step   3.3.3)add authors node to book node

Step 4) Add book node to books node

Step 5) Save the XML document                 

    Shared  Sub CreateXMLusingXMlWriter()
           Try
               Imports (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create("c:\books2.xml"))
               {

                   ' writer.WriteProcessingInstruction("xml", "version='1.0'");
                   writer.WriteStartDocument(True)
                   writer.WriteStartElement("books")
                   writer.WriteStartElement("book")

                   writer.WriteStartElement("title")
                   writer.WriteString("C# Programming")
                   writer.WriteEndElement()

                   writer.WriteStartElement("price")
                   writer.WriteString("Rs.67888")
                   writer.WriteEndElement()

                   writer.WriteStartElement("publisher")
                   writer.WriteString("APRESS")
                   writer.WriteEndElement()

                   writer.WriteStartElement("Authors")
                       writer.WriteStartElement("author")
                       writer.WriteStartElement("firstname") writer.WriteString("jhon") writer.WriteEndElement()
                       writer.WriteStartElement("lastname") writer.WriteString("peter") writer.WriteEndElement()
                       writer.WriteEndElement()
                       writer.WriteEndElement()'authors

                   writer.WriteEndElement()'book

                   writer.WriteEndElement()
                   writer.WriteEndDocument()

               }
           Catch ex As Exception
               Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
           End Try
   End Sub


OUTPUT<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<books>
<book>
      <title>C# Programming</title>
     <price>Rs.67888</price>
     <publisher>APRESS</publisher>
     <Authors>
           <author>
                     <firstname>jhon</firstname>
                     <lastname>peter</lastname>
            </author>
     </Authors>
</book>
</books>

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