How to convert an XML document into String in C#?

How to convert an XML document into String in C#?

 

Sometimes we come into the need where we have an XML file and we have to save that file in form of C# string. Well, converting XML document in string in C# is very easy. I will use XDocument class to do this job. With following steps you can easily do this with few lines of code in C#?

 

Step 1: Include namespace System.Xml.Linq.

 

using System.Xml.Linq;

 

Step 2: Load XML file in XDocument using following line of C# code.

 

var xDocument = XDocument.Load(@"C:\MyXMLFilePath.xml");

 

Step 3: Convert the xml into string

 

string xml = xDocument.ToString();

 

Now you can use this xml string wherever required.