Extracting more than one attribute value

[pisicuta]

I have an XML file that looks something like this

<MyXML>
	<Stuff IDX="1"  Name="Swish" Manufacturer="Grimoto" ParentRef = "0" Ref = "1234567" />
	: More elements
	: More elements
		<Stuff IDX="0"  Name="Swosh" Manufacturer="Grimoto" ParentRef = 1234567" Ref = "9876543" />
		: More elements
		: More elements
		</IDX>
	</IDX>
<MyXML>

In the real file there are more attributes. I have managed to extract the complete Element with ParentRef = "0" using a Linq example I found on this site. Is it possible to extract a list of attributes from an Element in one hit using Linq (for instance the Name and Ref in this example) or do I have to process the Element I have extracted to get the information I want?

[Dormilich]

of course you can get more than one attribute at a time. the question is, if that is favourable for your application.

[pisicuta]

In the real file there are 34 attributes in the Stuff element. I only want some of them extracted. The parent Id is the is Id other elements in the file that also have to have the same attributes extracted. I suppose my question should have been How do I extract multiple attributes from an Element using Linq? At the moment I think it is the most favourable way for my application.

[Dormilich]

sorry, I can’t help you with Linq (I’m not using .NET), only with the XPath.

[pisicuta]

Thanks Dormilich. What is the XPath approach to my problem?

[Dormilich]

from what I’ve read even Linq uses somehow XPath.

nevertheless, it should be something like

@name or @ref
@*[name() = 'name' or name() = 'ref']

to name 2 possibilities

maybe the experts in the .NET forum can tell you more when it comes to Linq.

[pisicuta]

Thanks again for your time