"Derek Harmon" wrote:

> "David Thielen" <thielen@nospam.nospam> wrote in message news:D8E580D3-551F-4DF1-BB3F-9D89689BFA70@microsoft.com...
> > If I am creating an XML file, what is the most efficient way to create it?
>
> Clearly the winner would be XmlWriter (again, XmlWriter.Create( ) with a
> suitable XmlWriterSettings profile in .NET 2.0, or XmlTextWriter will fit the
> bill in many .NET 1.x scenarios.) It allows an application to emit XML serially
> such as in the following example:
>
> writer.WriteStartElement( "message");
> writer.WriteStartElement( "nested");
> writer.WriteElementString( "Hello World!");
> writer.WriteEndElement( ); // nested.
> writer.WriteEndElement( ); // message.
>
> to produce the simple XML document:
>
> <message>
> <nested>Hello World!</nested>
> </message>
>
> (Note that any indenting is a function of the Indentation/Indent property on your
> XmlTextReader or XmlWriterSettings.)
>
> If the tree-like construction of XmlDocument is closer to your information model
> then it doesn't need to be whistfully disregarded. The close match and simplicity
> may save you performance elsewhere. However, if you're dealing with large
> documents that can't be decomposed easily than you're right about the expense
> incurred for having the tree build-up like that.
>
>
> Derek Harmon
>
>