Blog - XmlExpandoObject

XmlExpandoObject.cs

using System;
using System.Dynamic;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Test
{
    public class XmlExpandoObject
    {
        private dynamic _fullXmlExpando;

        public XmlExpandoObject(String xmlFile, string componentName, String configName)
        {
            var doc = XDocument.Load(xmlFile);
            var nodes = from node in doc.Root.Descendants(componentName)
                        select node.Element(configName);
                        
            this._fullXmlExpando = GetExpandoForNodes(nodes);
        }

        private dynamic GetExpandoForNodes(IEnumerable<XElement> nodes)
        {
            dynamic config = new ExpandoObject();
            foreach (var n in nodes)
            {
                if (n.Descendants().Count() == 0)
                {
                    (config as IDictionary<String, object>)[n.Name.ToString()] = n.Value.Trim();
                }
                else
                {
                    dynamic child = GetExpandoForNodes(n.Descendants());
                    (config as IDictionary<String, object>)[n.Name.ToString()] = child;
                }
            }
            return config;
        }

        public dynamic GetXmlExpando()
        {
            return _fullXmlExpando;
        }
    }
}

Awesome concept!