XML file in the form of .config file how to convert it to class and store it in single object

Question

Hi,
I have a config file in which i have to convert it to class and get an object.
example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<xyz xmlns="">
  <Container name ="Basic">
    <Connectivity user="" server="" protocol="udp"/>
    <Connectivity user="" server="" protocol="udp"/>
  </Container>
  <Container name ="Cp">
    <settings version="1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.counterpath.com/cps">
      <domain name="audio">
        <section name="headset">
          <setting name="audio_in_agc_enabled " value="1"/>
        </section>
        <section name="incoming">
          <setting name="use_agc" value="1"/>
        </section>
        <section name="vad">
        </section>
      </domain>
      <domain name="system">
        <section name="qos">
          <setting name="audio" value="tos 46"/>
        </section>
        <section name="dtmf">
          <setting name="force_send_in_band" value="0"/>
          <setting name="minimum_rfc2833_play_time" value="40"/>
        </section>
        <section name="network">
          <setting name="dtx_enabled" value="0"/>
        </section>
        <section name="diagnostics">
          <setting name="enable_logging" value="1"/>
          <setting name="log_level" value="Error"/>
        </section>
        <section name="general">
          <setting name="add_OS_version_to_user_agent_header" value="1"/>
        </section>
        <section name="indialog_notify">
          <setting name="enable_indialognotify" value="1"/>
        </section>
      </domain>
      <domain name="rtp">
        <section name="2833">
          <setting name="enabled" value="1"/>
          <setting name="packet_time_in_ms" value="60"/>
          <setting name="payload_number" value="101"/>
        </section>
        <section name="inactivity">
          <setting name="timer_enabled" value="0"/>
        </section>
      </domain>
      <domain name="proxies">
        <section name="proxy0">
        </section>
        <section name="proxy1">
        </section>
      </domain>
      <domain name="ggg">
        <section name="device">
          <setting name="use_headset" value="1"/>
          <setting name="rrr" value="1"/>
          <setting name="eee" value="480"/>
          <setting name="eme" value="hhh"/>
          <setting name="headset_name" value="vvv"/>
          <setting name="manual_audio_devices_configure" value="0"/>
          <setting name="audio_in_device" value=""/>
          <setting name="audio_out_device" value=""/>
          <setting name="ringer_device" value=""/>
        </section>
        <section name="system">
          <setting name="export_settings" value="EndpointSettings.xml"/>
          <setting name="enable_export_settings" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_AbstractPhone" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_Audio" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_Auto Configuration" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_CCM" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_Conferencing" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_Contacts" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_DNS" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_GUI" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_Jitter" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_Licensing" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_Media" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_Privacy" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_RTP" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_STUN" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_Security" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_Storage" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_Transport" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_USB Devices" value="Info"/>
          <setting name="log_level_Utilities" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_Video" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_Voice Quality" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_XMPP" value="0"/>
          <setting name="log_level_Endpoint" value="6"/>
        </section>
        <section name="beeptone">
          <setting name="play_locally" value="0"/>
          <setting name="enable_beeptone" value="1"/>
          <setting name="beeptone_file" value="beep.wav"/>
          <setting name="beeptone_timeout" value="30000"/>
        </section>
        <section name="dtmf">
          <setting name="play_locally" value="1"/>
          <setting name="pause_start_stop_dtmf" value="100"/>
        </section>
        <section name="control">
          <setting name="auto_answer" value="0"/>
        </section>
        <section name="ctrol">
          <setting name="auto_ans" value="0"/>
        </section>
      </domain>
    </settings>
  </Container>
</xyz>
Please help me out in creating an object from it.
Thanks,
Hiranmayee

Answer 1

It's one of those things you usually start from the other end.
IE with a class and then serialise / deserialize to xml.
Because you have a namespace in there:
<settings version="1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.counterpath.com/cps">
I think you will find linq to xml will have issues with that.
You could still use xpath to pick data out of there and there's been a thread on the c# forum recently which is relevent:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/2dc0581e-f2fd-4fd3-89ee-e59280c398e6/read-xml?forum=csharpgeneral
Why do you want to turn that into an object?
By the way.
This isn't a wpf question and you should probably have posted it on the c# forum.
Hope that helps.
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