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Read GPX file with XmlDocument

I'm trying to read a GPX-file (a kind of XML file for location data). This is the structure:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gpx creator="GPX-service" version="1.1"
xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1
http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd">
<trk>
<name>Route</name>
<trkseg>
<trkpt lat="51.966738" lon="6.501578">
</trkpt>
<trkpt lat="51.966689" lon="6.501456">
</trkpt>
</trkseg>
</trk>
</gpx>
I'v readed in more than hundred XML-files in the past, but this one will not work. I'm reading the GPX-file in this way:
XmlDocument gpxDoc = new XmlDocument();
gpxDoc.Load(gpxfile);
XmlNodeList nl = gpxDoc.SelectNodes("trkpt");
foreach (XmlNode xnode in nl)
{
string name = xnode.Name;
}
Variable 'gpxfile' is the path to the gpxfile, which is correct (tested).

You need to work with namespaces. The element trkpt does not exist in the current context, only in the namespace http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1. Here's an example how you work with said namespaces - let x be an alias to the URI.
XmlNamespaceManager nsmgr = new XmlNamespaceManager(gpxDoc.NameTable);
nsmgr.AddNamespace("x", "http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1");
XmlNodeList nl = gpxDoc.SelectNodes("//x:trkpt", nsmgr);
Note that we select nodes in the x namespace now (e.g. //x:trkpt instead of //trkpt).

Use XPath with XML namespace

I want to process the xml below with XPath:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ServiceConfiguration serviceName="Cloud" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceConfiguration" osFamily="4" osVersion="*" schemaVersion="2014-01.2.3">
<Role name="Worker">
<Instances count="2" />
<ConfigurationSettings>
<Setting name="setting1" value="value1" />
<Setting name="setting2" value="value2" />
</ConfigurationSettings>
<Certificates>
</Certificates>
</Role>
</ServiceConfiguration>
Tere's a xmlns for the root element.
My code is this:
XElement doc = XElement.Load(xmlFilePath);
XmlNamespaceManager ns = new XmlNamespaceManager(new NameTable());
ns.AddNamespace("prefix", "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceConfiguration");
XElement settingDiagConnectionString = doc.XPathSelectElement("//prefix:ServiceConfiguration/Role/ConfigurationSettings/Setting[1]", ns); // <===== always return null.
settingDiagConnectionString.SetAttributeValue("value", "hello, world!");
But the settingDiagConnectionString is always null.
Why?
Add 1
Thanks har07.
After adding prefix for every element, the following code works:
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(cscfgPath);
XmlNamespaceManager ns = new XmlNamespaceManager(new NameTable());
ns.AddNamespace("prefix", "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceConfiguration");
XmlNode settingDiagConnectionString = doc.SelectNodes("/prefix:ServiceConfiguration/prefix:Role/prefix:ConfigurationSettings/prefix:Setting[1]", ns)[0];
settingDiagConnectionString.Attributes["value"].Value = "hello,world!";
But the following code still don't work. The settingDiagConnectionString is still null. Why?
XElement doc = XElement.Load(cscfgPath);
XmlNamespaceManager ns = new XmlNamespaceManager(new NameTable());
ns.AddNamespace("prefix", "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceConfiguration");
XElement settingDiagConnectionString = doc.XPathSelectElement("/prefix:ServiceConfiguration/prefix:Role/prefix:ConfigurationSettings/prefix:Setting[1]", ns);
settingDiagConnectionString.SetAttributeValue("value", "hello, world!");

Default namespace has different nature. The element where the default namespace declared and all of it's descendant without different namespace declaration considered in the same default namespace. Therefore, you need to use the prefix for all descendats as well. This XPath worked fine for me :
XElement doc = XElement.Parse(xml);
XmlNamespaceManager ns = new XmlNamespaceManager(new NameTable());
ns.AddNamespace("prefix", "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceConfiguration");
XElement settingDiagConnectionString = doc.XPathSelectElement("//prefix:Role/prefix:ConfigurationSettings/prefix:Setting[1]", ns);
settingDiagConnectionString.SetAttributeValue("value", "hello, world!");
UPDATE :
Responding to your update. That's because you're using XElement. In this case, doc it self already represents <ServiceConfiguration> element so you don't need to include "ServiceConfiguration" in the XPath :
/prefix:Role/prefix:ConfigurationSettings/prefix:Setting[1]
..or use XDocument instead of XElement if you want to make it work using the same XPath as for XmlDocument.

XML Name Space Not Formating Correctly

Building an XML XDocument to push to web service and the root element needs namespace values this is what the XML form should look like....
<shipment-feed xmlns="http://seller.marketplace.sears.com/oms/v5"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://seller.marketplace.sears.com/oms/v5 asn.xsd ">
<shipment>
<header>
<asn-number>00601780002</asn-number>
<po-number>0060180</po-number>
<po-date>2009-09-26</po-date>
</header>
<detail>
<tracking-number>UPS1XXX</tracking-number>
<ship-date>2001-01-01</ship-date>
<shipping-carrier>UPS</shipping-carrier>
<shipping-method>GROUND</shipping-method>
<package-detail>
<line-number>1</line-number>
<item-id>AB12345678912345456789123456789CD</item-id>
<quantity>1</quantity>
</package-detail>
</detail>
</shipment>
</shipment-feed>
This is the xml that I'm getting....
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shipment-feed xmlns="http://seller.marketplace.sears.com/oms/v5" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsischemalocation="http://seller.marketplace.sears.com/oms/v5 asn.xsd">
<shipment xmlns="">
<header>
<asn-number>2824565201311</asn-number>
<po-number>2824565</po-number>
<po-date>2013-11-14</po-date>
</header>
<details>
<tracking-number>579040914892</tracking-number>
<ship-date>2013-11-14</ship-date>
<shipping-carrier>FEDEX</shipping-carrier>
<shipping-method>Ground</shipping-method>
<package-details>
<line-number>1</line-number>
<item-id>LTH7XB1MW-EA</item-id>
<quantity>3</quantity>
</package-details>
</details>
</shipment>
<shipment xmlns="">
<header>
<asn-number>2821596201311</asn-number>
<po-number>2821596</po-number>
<po-date>2013-11-13</po-date>
</header>
<details>
<tracking-number>9405515901119923380663</tracking-number>
<ship-date>2013-11-14</ship-date>
<shipping-carrier>USPS</shipping-carrier>
<shipping-method>Priority Mail</shipping-method>
<package-details>
<line-number>1</line-number>
<item-id>CWD93151-EA</item-id>
<quantity>6</quantity>
</package-details>
<package-details>
<line-number>2</line-number>
<item-id>CWD93901-EA</item-id>
<quantity>4</quantity>
</package-details>
</details>
</shipment>
</shipment-feed>
This is the C# code I created....
XNamespace ns1 = "http://seller.marketplace.sears.com/oms/v5";
XNamespace ns2 = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
XNamespace ns3 = "http://seller.marketplace.sears.com/oms/v5 asn.xsd";
XDocument doc = new XDocument();
XElement root = new XElement(ns1 + "shipment-feed",
new XAttribute("xmlns" , "http://seller.marketplace.sears.com/oms/v5"),
new XAttribute(XNamespace.Xmlns + "xsi", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"),
new XAttribute("xsi" + "schemalocation", "http://seller.marketplace.sears.com/oms/v5 asn.xsd"));
doc.Add(root);
int x = 1;
foreach (SearsOrder s in SearsList)
{
XElement shipment = new XElement("shipment",
new XElement("header",
new XElement("asn-number", s.asnnumber),
new XElement("po-number", s.ponumber),
new XElement("po-date", s.podate)),
new XElement("details",
new XElement("tracking-number", s.trackingnum),
new XElement("ship-date", s.shipdate),
new XElement("shipping-carrier", s.carrier),
new XElement("shipping-method", s.method),
s.orderitems.Select(i => new XElement("package-details",
new XElement("line-number", x++),
new XElement("item-id", i.itemid),
new XElement("quantity", i.quantity)))
));
doc.Root.Add(shipment);
x = 1;
}
The fist problem is the first child node I'm not seeing where that is coming from because that node is not even declared until the foreach loop. I was under the impression that I was only adding attributes to the root element.
and the other problem is removing the xml declaration

This sort of the thing is the problem:
new XElement("shipment", ...)
You want the shipment elements to be in the "http://seller.marketplace.sears.com/oms/v5" namespace - so you need to make that explicit. That won't show up in the resulting XML directly, because they'll inherit that as the default namespace specified in the root. Basically, wherever you're creating an element, you probably want to use ns1. So:
new XElement(ns1 + "shipment", new XElement(ns1 + "header", ...), ...)
To understand more about why this is required, you should read up on namespace defaulting in the XML Namespaces specification.
and the other problem is removing the xml declaration
So add an XDeclaration to the XDocument:
XDocument doc = new XDocument(new XDeclaration("1.0", "utf-8", "yes"))

Cannot get XPath to work with unnamed namespace

The XML (fragment):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<soap:Body>
<GetXMLResponse xmlns="http://sitecore.net/visual/">
<GetXMLResult>
<sitecore xmlns="">
<status>ok</status>
The code (fragment):
XmlNamespaceManager nsManager = new XmlNamespaceManager(template.NameTable);
nsManager.AddNamespace("soap", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
nsManager.PushScope();
XmlNode sitecoreRoot = template.SelectSingleNode("/soap:Envelope/soap:Body/*[namespace-uri()='http://sitecore.net/visual/' and local-name()='GetXMLResponse']", nsManager);
string status = sitecoreRoot.SelectSingleNode("/GetXMLResult/sitecore/status").Value;
sitecoreRoot element returns the correct node. However the XPath to get the status always returns null, even though the siteCoreRoot.OuterXMl property shows the element is present.
The only thing I can think of is the line:
<sitecore xmlns="">
is throwing off the XPath
TIA

XmlNamespaceManager ns = new XmlNamespaceManager(cd.NameTable);
ns.AddNamespace("sp", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");
ns.AddNamespace("sc", "http://sitecore.net/visual/");
XmlNode sitecoreRoot = cd.SelectSingleNode("//sp:Envelope/sp:Body/sc:GetXMLResponse/sc:GetXMLResult/sitecore/status", ns);
var status = sitecoreRoot.InnerText;
May help you?

If you just want the status node, you can try this xml library and the following XPath.
XElement root = XElement.Load(file); // or .Parse(string)
XElement status = root.XPathElement("//status");
The library handles doing the namespace for you.

how can append to xml

i have this xml.
<project>
<user>
<id>1</id>
<name>a</name>
</user>
<user>
<id>2</id>
<name>b</name>
</user>
</project>
now how can append a new element like this between element <project></project>
<user>
<id>3</id>
<name>c</name>
</user>

string xml =
#"<project>
<user>
<id>1</id>
<name>a</name>
</user>
<user>
<id>2</id>
<name>b</name>
</user>
</project>";
XElement x = XElement.Load(new StringReader(xml));
x.Add(new XElement("user", new XElement("id",3),new XElement("name","c") ));
string newXml = x.ToString();

If you mean using C# then probably the simplest way is to load the xml up into an XmlDocument object and then add a node representing the additional element.
e.g. something like:
string filePath = "original.xml";
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.Load(filePath);
XmlElement root = xmlDoc.DocumentElement;
XmlNode nodeToAdd = doc.CreateElement(XmlNodeType.Element, "user", null);
XmlNode idNode = doc.CreateElement(XmlNodeType.Element, "id", null);
idNode.InnerText = "1";
XmlNode nameNode = doc.CreateElement(XmlNodeType.Element, "name", null);
nameNode.InnerText = "a";
nodeToAdd.AppendChild(idNode);
nodeToAdd.AppendChild(nameNode);
root.AppendChild(nodeToAdd);
xmlDoc.Save(filePath); // Overwrite or replace with new file name
But you haven't said where the xml fragments are - in files/strings?

If you have the below XML file:
<CATALOG>
<CD>
<TITLE> ... </TITLE>
<ARTIST> ... </ARTIST>
<YEAR> ... </YEAR>
</CD>
</CATALOG>
and you have to add another <CD> node with all its child nodes:
using System.Xml; //use the xml library in C#
XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument(); //creating XML document
document.Load(#"pathOfXmlFile"); //load the xml file contents into the newly created document
XmlNode root = document.DocumentElement; //points to the root element (catalog)
XmlElement cd = document.CreateElement("CD"); // create a new node (CD)
XmlElement title = document.CreateElement("TITLE");
title.InnerXML = " ... "; //fill-in the title value
cd.AppendChild(title); // append title to cd
XmlElement artist = document.CreateElement("ARTIST");
artist.InnerXML = " ... ";
cd.AppendChild(artist);
XmlElement year = document.CreateElement("YEAR");
year.InnerXML = " ... ";
cd.AppendChild(year);
root.AppendChild(cd); // append cd to the root (catalog)
document.save(#"savePath");//save the document