Indent XML String with MemoryStream - CSharp System.Xml

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Indent XML String with MemoryStream

Demo Code


using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;//  www  . ja v a 2 s.c  o m
using System.Web;
using System;

public class Main{
        public static string IndentXMLString(string xml)
        {
            string outXml = string.Empty;
            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
            // Create a XMLTextWriter that will send its output to a memory stream (file)
            XmlTextWriter xtw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, Encoding.Unicode);
            XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();

            try
            {
                // Load the unformatted XML text string into an instance
                // of the XML Document Object Model (DOM)
                doc.LoadXml(xml);

                // Set the formatting property of the XML Text Writer to indented
                // the text writer is where the indenting will be performed
                xtw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;

                // write dom xml to the xmltextwriter
                doc.WriteContentTo(xtw);
                // Flush the contents of the text writer
                // to the memory stream, which is simply a memory file
                xtw.Flush();

                // set to start of the memory stream (file)
                ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
                // create a reader to read the contents of
                // the memory stream (file)
                StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(ms);
                // return the formatted string to caller
                return sr.ReadToEnd();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                //MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
                return string.Empty;
            }
        }
}

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