Parse XML with XML LINQ

Select Xml.Linq and work with names, elements and documents within the implemented subset.

Select XML LINQ

set(SHARP_RUNTIME_COMPONENTS Xml.Linq)
target_link_libraries(app PRIVATE SharpRuntime::Xml.Linq)

Model

Xml.Linq provides LINQ-style XML names, nodes, elements and documents over the project’s XML implementation. Xml and Xml.Linq have mutual binary needs, which is why XPath remains an alias rather than another physical archive.

Parse and navigate

#include <iostream>

#include "System/Xml/Linq/XElement.hpp"

using System::Xml::Linq::XElement;

int main()
{
    auto catalog = XElement::Parse(
        "<catalog><book id=\"sr\">Sharp Runtime</book></catalog>");
    auto book = catalog->Element("book");
    if (!book) return 1;

    const auto id = book->getAttributeValue("id");
    if (!id || *id != "sr") return 2;

    std::cout << book->getValueProperty() << '\n';
    return 0;
}

Guidance

• Treat namespace-qualified names explicitly; current parse/serialization is not a full namespace-URI parity surface.
• Keep parent/child ownership and document lifetime in mind; do not retain borrowed views across owner destruction.
• Prefer owning Attributes() results when data must outlive the element.
• Do not assume a full XPath extension engine; variables and custom functions are outside the current subset.