XDocument.Load Method (String)
Creates a new XDocument from a file.
Assembly: System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)
Parameters
- uri
- Type: System.String
A URI string that references the file to load into a new XDocument.
Return Value
Type: System.Xml.Linq.XDocumentAn XDocument that contains the contents of the specified file.
This method uses an underlying XmlReader to read the XML into an XML tree.
Use Parse to create an XDocument from a string that contains XML.
LINQ to XML's loading functionality is built upon XmlReader. Therefore, you might catch any exceptions that are thrown by the XmlReader.Create overload methods and the XmlReader methods that read and parse the document.
The following example shows how to load an XDocument from a file.
This example uses the following XML document:
Sample XML File: Typical Purchase Orders
This example produces the following output:
<PurchaseOrder PurchaseOrderNumber="99503" OrderDate="1999-10-20">
<Address Type="Shipping">
<Name>Ellen Adams</Name>
<Street>123 Maple Street</Street>
<City>Mill Valley</City>
<State>CA</State>
<Zip>10999</Zip>
<Country>USA</Country>
</Address>
<Address Type="Billing">
<Name>Tai Yee</Name>
<Street>8 Oak Avenue</Street>
<City>Old Town</City>
<State>PA</State>
<Zip>95819</Zip>
<Country>USA</Country>
</Address>
<DeliveryNotes>Please leave packages in shed by driveway.</DeliveryNotes>
<Items>
<Item PartNumber="872-AA">
<ProductName>Lawnmower</ProductName>
<Quantity>1</Quantity>
<USPrice>148.95</USPrice>
<Comment>Confirm this is electric</Comment>
</Item>
<Item PartNumber="926-AA">
<ProductName>Baby Monitor</ProductName>
<Quantity>2</Quantity>
<USPrice>39.98</USPrice>
<ShipDate>1999-05-21</ShipDate>
</Item>
</Items>
</PurchaseOrder>
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
