Recursively load XML document with DOM : XMLDocument « XML « ASP.NET Tutorial

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="XmlDOM" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    <asp:Literal id="XmlText" runat="server"></asp:Literal>&nbsp;
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

File: Default.aspx.cs

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Xml;
using System.Text;

public partial class XmlDOM : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
    string xmlFile = Server.MapPath("Data.xml");

    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
    doc.Load(xmlFile);

    XmlText.Text = GetChildNodesDescr(doc.ChildNodes, 0);
    }

  private string GetChildNodesDescr(XmlNodeList nodeList, int level)
  {
    string indent = "";
    for (int i = 0; i < level; i++)
      indent += "&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;";

    StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder("");

    foreach (XmlNode node in nodeList)
    {
      switch (node.NodeType)
      {
        case XmlNodeType.XmlDeclaration:
          str.Append("XML Declaration: <b>");
          str.Append(node.Name);
          str.Append(" ");
          str.Append(node.Value);
          str.Append("</b><br>");
          break;

        case XmlNodeType.Element:
          str.Append(indent);
          str.Append("Element: <b>");
          str.Append(node.Name);
          str.Append("</b><br>");
          break;

        case XmlNodeType.Text:
          str.Append(indent);
          str.Append(" - Value: <b>");
          str.Append(node.Value);
          str.Append("</b><br>");
          break;

        case XmlNodeType.Comment:
          str.Append(indent);
          str.Append("Comment: <b>");
          str.Append(node.Value);
          str.Append("</b><br>");
          break;
      }

      if (node.Attributes != null)
      {
        foreach (XmlAttribute attrib in node.Attributes)
        {
          str.Append(indent);
          str.Append(" - Attribute: <b>");
          str.Append(attrib.Name);
          str.Append("</b> Value: <b>");
          str.Append(attrib.Value);
          str.Append("</b><br>");
        }
      }

      if (node.HasChildNodes)
        str.Append(GetChildNodesDescr(node.ChildNodes, level + 1));
    }

    return str.ToString();
  } 
}

File: Data.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<DvdList>
   <DVD ID="1" Category="Category 1">
      <Title>title 1</Title>
      <Director>directory 2</Director>
      <Price>1</Price>
      <Starring>
         <Star>star 1</Star>
         <Star>star 2</Star>
      </Starring>
   </DVD>
   <DVD ID="2" Category="Category 2">
      <Title>title 2</Title>
      <Director>directory 2</Director>
      <Price>2</Price>
      <Starring>
         <Star>star 3</Star>
         <Star>star 4</Star>
      </Starring>
   </DVD>
</DvdList>
25.10.XMLDocument
	25.10.1.	Append data to an XML file (VB.net)
	25.10.2.	Recursively load XML document with DOM