I am working on an app that will, among other things, manage a custom
XML-based config file. I want to be able to check for the existance of
a particular element before writing the setting. I have a file like
the following:
<ConfigurationSettings>
<Settings>
<Setting SettingName="Setting1" />
</Settings>
</ConfigurationSettings>
For some reason that I cannot see (likely I am missing something
obvious) the following code is not succeeding in finding the existing
"Setting" element in the "Settings" section.
XDocument xmlDoc = XDocument.Load(CONFIG_FILE);
IList<XElement> chkForElement = xmlDoc.Descendants
("ConfigurationSettings")
.Where(x => x.Elements("Setting").Any())
.ToList();
return chkForElement.Count > 0;
With the above supplied XML sample, should this not return True? When
I debug, I see the XML loaded properly in the first line. But, the
chkForElement.Count is always 0.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
rbr
