How to append new elements to Xml from a stream
- by Wololo
I have a method which returns some xml in a memory stream
private MemoryStream GetXml()
{
XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
settings.Indent = true;
using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
{
using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(memoryStream, settings))
{
writer.WriteStartDocument();
writer.WriteStartElement("root");
writer.WriteStartElement("element");
writer.WriteString("content");
writer.WriteEndElement();
writer.WriteEndElement();
writer.WriteEndDocument();
writer.Flush();
}
return memoryStream;
}
}
In this example the format of the xml will be:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
<element>content</element>
</root>
How can i insert a new element under the root e.g
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
<element>content</element>
----->New element here <------
</root>
EDIT:
Also please suggest the most efficient method as returning a memorystream may not be the best solution.
The final xml will be passed to a custom HttpHandler so what are the best options for writing the output?
context.Response.Write vs context.Response.OutputStream
