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Parsing XML - Quick 'n Dirty

LINQ can be used to dynamically and quickly parse XML.

The following data can be read in like so:

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    <root>
        <Element>
            <Name>.....</Name>
            <Height>.....</Height>
        </Element>
        <Element>
            <Name>.....</Name>
            <Height>.....</Height>
        </Element>
    </root>



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    XDocument doc = XDocument.Load("file.xml");
    var collection = from r in doc.Descendants("Element")
    select new
    {
        Name = r.Element("Name").Value,
        Height = r.Element("Height").Value,
    };

    foreach(var element in collection)
    {
        // Properties can be accessed like an object
        // element.Name;
        // element.Height;
    }

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