c# create xml from byte array

Question

i have xml what i get as byte array, whats the best way to get the xml string out of it? I was tryng to use xmltextreader and memorystream but with no success..

Answer 1

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
string xml = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer);
doc.LoadXml(xml);

OR

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(buffer);
doc.Load(ms);

This assumes your data has UTF8 encoding which is the usual for XML. Also buffer here is the byte array.

Answer 2

Assuming your xml is in the default 'UTF8' encoding., you could do something like this;

string xml = System.Text.UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
System.Xml.XmlDocument xdoc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument().LoadXml(xml);

Or this;

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(buffer))
{
    doc.Load(ms);
}

Answer 3

Based on the Encoding, you can do

string xmlString = System.Text.UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);

and use the string

XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(new StringReader(xmlString));

Answer 4

Take a look at the System.Text.Encoding.UTF8 class. It should let you convert youre byte array into a UTF8 string.