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CSV to XML
Source File Format
user_id,first_name,last_name
1,George,Washington
2,Abraham,Lincoln
...
Destination File Format
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<users>
<user>
<user_id>1</user_id>
<first_name>George</first_name>
<last_name>Washington</last_name>
</user>
<user>
<user_id>2</user_id>
<first_name>Abraham</first_name>
<last_name>Lincoln</last_name>
</user>
...
</users>
C#
XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter("users.xml", Encoding.UTF8);
writer.WriteStartDocument();
writer.WriteStartElement("users");
using (CsvReader reader = new CsvReader("users.csv"))
{
reader.ReadHeaders();
while (reader.ReadRecord())
{
writer.WriteStartElement("user");
writer.WriteElementString("user_id", reader["user_id"]);
writer.WriteElementString("first_name", reader["first_name"]);
writer.WriteElementString("last_name", reader["last_name"]);
writer.WriteEndElement();
}
reader.Close();
}
writer.WriteEndElement();
writer.WriteEndDocument();
writer.Close();
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