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How to extract xml child element

I am trying to figure out the code to extract xml child (I think this is worded correctly) elements. I have searched and tried many samples but cannot find how to drill down to pick out the section I want and return the information I need. Maybe I all I need is someone to define the data I am trying to pull so I can read up on the issue, of course any code would be very helpful and I will figure it out from there. Thanks in advanced for any help!
Here is the xml file. I am trying to run an if statement to find the section named <STATISTICTYPE>PVCAP_CharactersSaved</STATISTICTYPE> and return the <JOBNAME>,<TIMEDELTA>,<VALUESUM>.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<PVCAPTURESTATISTICCONTAINTER xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<PVCAPTUREJOBSTATISTICS>
<PVCAPTURESTATISTICSUMMARY>
<STATISTICTYPE>PVCAP_CharactersSaved</STATISTICTYPE>
<STATISTICNAME>Characters saved</STATISTICNAME>
<JOBID>24</JOBID>
<JOBNAME>HEAT FILES</JOBNAME>
<TIMEDELTA>422</TIMEDELTA>
<VALUESUM>25432</VALUESUM>
</PVCAPTURESTATISTICSUMMARY>
<PVCAPTURESTATISTICSUMMARY>
<STATISTICTYPE>PVCAP_CharactersSaved_NoMM</STATISTICTYPE>
<STATISTICNAME>Characters saved (no match and merge)</STATISTICNAME>
<JOBID>24</JOBID>
<JOBNAME>HEAT FILES</JOBNAME>
<TIMEDELTA>422</TIMEDELTA>
<VALUESUM>25432</VALUESUM>
</PVCAPTURESTATISTICSUMMARY>
</PVCAPTUREJOBSTATISTICS>
<DOCUMENTCOUNT>762</DOCUMENTCOUNT>
<PAGECOUNT>3194</PAGECOUNT>
<IMAGECOUNT>3194</IMAGECOUNT>
<VERSION>2.0</VERSION>
</PVCAPTURESTATISTICCONTAINTER>

You can use LINQ to XML, particularly the XElement class.
var element = XElement.Parse(xmlStr).Element("PVCAPTUREJOBSTATISTICS")
.Elements("PVCAPTURESTATISTICSUMMARY")
.First(c => c.Element("STATISTICTYPE").Value == "PVCAP_CharactersSaved")
var jobName = element.Element("JOBNAME").Value;
var timeDelta = element.Element("TIMEDELTA").Value;
var valueSum = element.Element("VALUESUM").Value;
You'll want to add in some error handling and whatnot here, but this should get you going in the right direction.

You can do something like this:
XElement res = XElement.Parse(xmlResult);
foreach(var elem in res.Element("PVCAPTUREJOBSTATISTICS").Elements("PVCAPTURESTATISTICSUMMARY"))
{
if (elem.Element("STATISTICTYPE").Value.Equals("PVCAP_CharactersSaved", StringComparison.Ordinal))
{
string jobName = elem.Element("JOBNAME").Value;
string timeDelta = elem.Element("TIMEDELTA").Value;
string valueSum = elem.Element("VALUESUM").Value;
}
}

You can use XDocument and LINQ-to-XML to do that quite easily, for example :
string xml = "your xml content here";
XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(xml);
//or if you have the xml file instead :
//XDocument doc = XDocument.Load("path_to_xml_file.xml");
var result = doc.Descendants("PVCAPTURESTATISTICSUMMARY")
.Where(o => (string) o.Element("STATISTICTYPE") == "PVCAP_CharactersSaved")
.Select(o => new
{
jobname = (string) o.Element("JOBNAME"),
timedelta = (string) o.Element("TIMEDELTA"),
valuesum = (string) o.Element("VALUESUM")
});
foreach (var r in result)
{
Console.WriteLine(r);
}

How to get XML Attribute and Element with One Linq Query?

I have an XML document that looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<searchlayers>
<searchlayer whereClause="ProjectNumber=a">Herbicide</searchlayer>
<searchlayer whereClause="ProjectNumber=b">Herbicide - Point</searchlayer>
<searchlayer whereClause="ProjectNumber=c">miscellaneous</searchlayer>
<searchlayer whereClause="ProjectNumber=d">miscellaneous - Point</searchlayer>
<searchlayer whereClause="ProjectNumber=e">Regrowth Control</searchlayer>
<searchlayer whereClause="ProjectNumber=f">Regrowth Control - Point</searchlayer>
<searchlayer whereClause="ProjectNumber=g">Tree Removal</searchlayer>
<searchlayer whereClause="ProjectNumber=h">Tree Removal - Point</searchlayer>
<searchlayer whereClause="ProjectNumber=i">Trimming</searchlayer>
<searchlayer whereClause="ProjectNumber=j">Trimming - Point</searchlayer>
</searchlayers>
</configuration>
Is it possible to write one single Linq statement to get each of the element (e.g. Herbicide, miscellaneous, Regrowth Control... etc) with its matching whereClause (e.g. for Herbicide, the where clause would be "ProjectNumber=a")?
I can write two statements separately, one to get the elements, one to get the attributes, but it would be nice to write just one Linq statement that gets both at the same time.
Thanks.

Yes it is possible. But there are many possible data structure can be used to store list of 2 values pair, here is one example using Tuple :
XDocument doc = XDocument.Load("path_to_xml_file.xml");
List<Tuple<string, string>> result =
doc.Root
.Descendants("searchlayer")
.Select(o => Tuple.Create((string) o, (string) o.Attribute("whereClause")))
.ToList();

You can create a set of anonymous objects as follows:
var result = root.Element("searchlayers")
.Elements("searchlayer")
.Select(i =>
new {attribute = i.Attribute("whereClause").Value,
value = i.Value});
This will give a set of records, where the attributes are paired with the element values.
If you want this in query syntax, it looks like this:
var result = from el in root.Elements("searchlayers").Elements("searchlayer")
select new {attribute = el.Attribute("whereClause").Value,
value = el.Value};

You can use this to to select all elements matching Herbicide whose whereClause matches ProjectNumber=a
IEnumerable<XElement> result =
from el in doc.Elements("Herbicide")
where (string)el.Attribute("whereClause") == "ProjectNumber=a"
select el;
Another alternative would be:
var result = doc.Descendants()
.Where(e => e.Attribute("ProjectNumber=a") != null)
.ToList();
Which should provide you every element whose whereClause equals "ProjectNumber=a".

You can use the Attributes property to get the attribute from the XML node, along with the InnerText, like so:
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(yourxml);
XmlNodeList xlist = doc.GetElementsByTagName("searchlayer");
for(int i=0;i<xlist.Count;i++)
{
Console.WriteLine(xlist[i].InnerText + " " + xlist[i].Attributes["whereClause"].Value);
}
If you must use LINQ, you could use XDocument and then return anonymous class objects consisting of the attribute and text, like so:
XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load(yourxmlfile);
var result = xdoc.Root.Elements("searchlayers").Elements("searchlayers").Select(x => new {attr = x.Attribute("whereClause").Value, txt = x.Value});
foreach (var r in result)
{
Console.WriteLine(r.attr + " " + r.txt);
}

List is empty after parsing XML with LinQ

I have an xml file similar to the following:
<doc>
<file>
<header>
<source>
RNG
</source>
</header>
<body>
<item name="items.names.id1">
<property>propertyvalue1</property>
</item>
<!-- etc -->
<item name="items.names.id100">
<property>propertyvalue100</property>
</item>
<!-- etc -->
<item name="otheritems.names.id100">
<property>propertyvalue100</property>
</item>
</body>
</file>
</doc>
And the following class:
private class Item
{
public string Id;
public string Property;
}
The file has, for example, 100 item entries (labeled 1 to 100 in the name attribute). How can I use Linq Xml to get hold of these nodes and place them a in list of item?
Using Selman22's example, I'm doing the following:
var myList = xDoc.Descendants("item")
.Where(x => x.Attributes("name").ToString().StartsWith("items.names.id"))
.Select(item => new Item
{
Id = (string)item.Attribute("name"),
Name = (string)item.Element("property")
}).ToList();
However, the list is empty. What am I missing here?

Using LINQ to XML:
XDocument xDoc = XDocument.Load(filepath);
var myList = xDoc.Descendants("item").Select(item => new Item {
Id = (string)item.Attribute("name"),
Property = (string)item.Element("property")
}).ToList();

You can use LinqToXml to directly query the XML, or deserialize it and use LINQ to object. If you choose to deserialize I suggest to start from the schema and generate the classes representing your datamodel with xsd.exe. If you don't have the schema of your xml, even xsd.exe can infer one from an example xml file, but you probably need to fine tune the result.

Try this one XElement root = XElement.Parse("your file name");
var items textSegs =(from item in root.Descendants("item")
select item).ToList();
Now iterate over list and store it

The below is a way of getting information from xml using Xdocument.
string input = "<Your xml>";
Xdocument doc = XDocument.Parse(input);
var data = doc.Descendants("item");
List<Items> itemsList = new List<Items>();
foreach(var item in data)
{
string itemname= item.Element("item").Value;
string property = item.Element("property").Value;
itemsList.Add(new item(itemname, property));
}

I'm guessing you want the code given how your question is phrased.. also I'm assuming the real XML is very simplistic as well.
var items = from item in doc.Descendants("item")
select new Item()
{
Id = item.Attributes("name").First().Value,
Property = item.Elements().First().Value,
};
Just ensure that your xml is loaded into doc. You can load the xml in two ways:
// By a string with xml
var doc = XDocument.Parse(aStringWithXml);
// or by loading from uri (file)
var doc = XDocuemnt.Load(aStringWhichIsAFile);

C# - Linq to XML - Exclude elements from query

I have this XML file:
<MyXml>
<MandatoryElement1>value</MandatoryElement1>
<MandatoryElement2>value</MandatoryElement2>
<MandatoryElement3>value</MandatoryElement3>
<CustomElement1>value</CustomElement1>
<CustomElement2>value</CustomElement2>
<MyXml>
All 3 elements that are called 'MandatoryElementX' will always appear in the file. The elements called 'CustomElementX' are unknown. These can be added or removed freely by a user and have any name.
What I need is to fetch all the elements that are not MandatoryElements. So for the file above I would want this result:
<CustomElement1>value</CustomElement1>
<CustomElement2>value</CustomElement2>
I don't know what the names of the custom elements may be, only the names of the 3 MandatoryElements, so the query needs to somehow exclude these 3.
Edit:
Even though this was answered, I want to clarify the question. Here is an actual file:
<Partner>
<!--Mandatory elements-->
<Name>ALU FAT</Name>
<InterfaceName>Account Lookup</InterfaceName>
<RequestFolder>C:\Documents and Settings\user1\Desktop\Requests\ALURequests</RequestFolder>
<ResponseFolder>C:\Documents and Settings\user1\Desktop\Responses</ResponseFolder>
<ArchiveMessages>Yes</ArchiveMessages>
<ArchiveFolder>C:\Documents and Settings\user1\Desktop\Archive</ArchiveFolder>
<Priority>1</Priority>
<!--Custom elements - these can be anything-->
<Currency>EUR</Currency>
<AccountingSystem>HHGKOL</AccountingSystem>
</Partner>
The result here would be:
<Currency>EUR</Currency>
<AccountingSystem>HHGKOL</AccountingSystem>

You can define a list of mandatory names and use LINQ to XML to filter:
var mandatoryElements = new List<string>() {
"MandatoryElement1",
"MandatoryElement2",
"MandatoryElement3"
};
var result = xDoc.Root.Descendants()
.Where(x => !mandatoryElements.Contains(x.Name.LocalName));

Do you have created this xml or do you get it by another person/application?
If it's yours I would advise you not to number it. You can do something like
<MyXml>
<MandatoryElement id="1">value<\MandatoryElement>
<MandatoryElement id="2">value<\MandatoryElement>
<MandatoryElement id="3">value<\MandatoryElement>
<CustomElement id="1">value<\CustomElement>
<CustomElement id="2">value<\CustomElement>
<MyXml>
In the LINQ-Statement you don't need the List then.

Your question shows improperly formatted XML but I am assuming that is a typo and the real Xml can be loaded into the XDocument class.
Try this...
string xml = #"<MyXml>
<MandatoryElement1>value</MandatoryElement1>
<MandatoryElement2>value</MandatoryElement2>
<MandatoryElement3>value</MandatoryElement3>
<CustomElement1>value</CustomElement1>
<CustomElement2>value</CustomElement2>
</MyXml> ";
System.Xml.Linq.XDocument xDoc = XDocument.Parse(xml);
var result = xDoc.Root.Descendants()
.Where(x => !x.Name.LocalName.StartsWith("MandatoryElement"));

lets say TestXMLFile.xml will contain your xml,
XElement doc2 = XElement.Load(Server.MapPath("TestXMLFile.xml"));
List<XElement> _list = doc2.Elements().ToList();
List<XElement> _list2 = new List<XElement>();
foreach (XElement x in _list)
{
if (!x.Name.LocalName.StartsWith("Mandatory"))
{
_list2.Add(x);
}
}
foreach (XElement y in _list2)
{
_list.Remove(y);
}

Problems working with LINQ to XML

I'm trying to work with LINQ to XML to parse the notifications I'm getting from Google Checkout.
The response is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<authorization-amount-notification xmlns="http://checkout.google.com/schema/2" serial-number="153286076708098-00005-6">
<authorization-amount currency="USD">60.0</authorization-amount>
<authorization-expiration-date>2011-07-03T21:27:48.000Z</authorization-expiration-date>
<avs-response>Y</avs-response>
<cvn-response>M</cvn-response>
<timestamp>2011-06-26T21:28:48.741Z</timestamp>
<google-order-number>153286076708098</google-order-number>
<order-summary>
<total-chargeback-amount currency="USD">0.0</total-chargeback-amount>
<google-order-number>153286076708098</google-order-number>
<total-charge-amount currency="USD">0.0</total-charge-amount>
<total-refund-amount currency="USD">0.0</total-refund-amount>
<risk-information>
<ip-address>77.42.229.34</ip-address>
<billing-address>
<address1>somewhere in Beirut</address1>
<address2></address2>
<phone>70892555</phone>
<email>Technical#fisharwe.com</email>
<contact-name>Fisharwe User</contact-name>
<company-name></company-name>
<fax></fax>
<country-code>LB</country-code>
<city>Beirut</city>
<region></region>
<postal-code>1000</postal-code>
</billing-address>
<avs-response>Y</avs-response>
<cvn-response>M</cvn-response>
<eligible-for-protection>true</eligible-for-protection>
<partial-cc-number>1111</partial-cc-number>
<buyer-account-age>18</buyer-account-age>
</risk-information>
<authorization>
<authorization-amount currency="USD">60.0</authorization-amount>
<authorization-expiration-date>2011-07-03T21:27:48.000Z</authorization-expiration-date>
</authorization>
<purchase-date>2011-06-26T21:27:48.000Z</purchase-date>
<archived>false</archived>
<shopping-cart>
<items>
<item>
<item-name>Credits</item-name>
<item-description>Description</item-description>
<unit-price currency="USD">60.0</unit-price>
<quantity>1</quantity>
</item>
</items>
</shopping-cart>
<order-adjustment>
<merchant-codes />
<total-tax currency="USD">0.0</total-tax>
<adjustment-total currency="USD">0.0</adjustment-total>
</order-adjustment>
<promotions />
<buyer-id>975104325298289</buyer-id>
<buyer-marketing-preferences>
<email-allowed>false</email-allowed>
</buyer-marketing-preferences>
<buyer-shipping-address>
<address1>somewhere in Beirut</address1>
<address2></address2>
<phone>70892555</phone>
<email>Technical#fisharwe.com</email>
<contact-name>Fisharwe User</contact-name>
<company-name></company-name>
<fax></fax>
<structured-name>
<first-name>Fisharwe</first-name>
<last-name>User</last-name>
</structured-name>
<country-code>LB</country-code>
<city>Beirut</city>
<region></region>
<postal-code>1000</postal-code>
</buyer-shipping-address>
<order-total currency="USD">60.0</order-total>
<fulfillment-order-state>NEW</fulfillment-order-state>
<financial-order-state>CHARGEABLE</financial-order-state>
</order-summary>
</authorization-amount-notification>
Here's the code I'm using:
var serverResponse = _checkoutService.Post(data, GoogleCheckoutConstants.ReportsUri);
var xmlData = XDocument.Parse(serverResponse);
bool charged = false;
if(xmlData.Root.Name.Equals("authorization-amount-notification"))
{
var amount = (from c in xmlData.Elements()
where c.Name.Equals("authorization-amount")
select c).First().Value;
var googleNumber = (from c in xmlData.Elements()
where c.Name.Equals("google-order-number")
select c).First().Value;
_checkoutService.ChargeAndShip(googleNumber, amount);
charged = true;
}
This is the first time I use LINQ to XML, so I'm not really sure what's wrong with my code. But it's not even going inside the if statement. So when I replace the condition with:
if (serverResponse.IndexOf("authorization-amount-notification") > -1)
I end up getting errors telling me that the amount and googleNumber were not found.
Any suggestions?

You need to put the namespace in to the Xml, and you the Elements are SubElements of the Root Node.
You are only after one Element so doing Elements() then .First() is pointless. Just do Element() instead.
Also, you can match element names by passing in the Name of the Element + namespace to the Element() method.
var xmlData = XDocument.Parse(xml);
XNamespace ns = "http://checkout.google.com/schema/2";
if (xmlData.Root.Name == ns + "authorization-amount-notification")
{
var amount =
xmlData
.Root
.Element(ns + "authorization-amount")
.Value;
var googleNumber =
xmlData
.Root
.Element(ns + "google-order-number")
.Value;
_checkoutService.ChargeAndShip(googleNumber, amount);
charged = true;
}

What about...
if(xmlData.Root.Name.LocalName.Equals("new-order-notification")){
....
}
But the xml you posted doesn't seem to match the code your using.. The elements do not exist