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XmlWriter to Write to a String Instead of to a File

Asked 2009-06-05T12:33:35.983
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I have a WCF service that needs to return a string of XML. But it seems like the writer only wants to build up a file, not a string. I tried:

string nextXMLstring = "";
using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(nextXMLstring))

This generates an error saying nextXMLstring doesnt have a file path. It wants something like:

using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create("nextXMLstring.xml"))

How can I build up my XML and then return it as a string??

Thanks!!

c# xml
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Use StringBuilder:

var sb = new StringBuilder();
    using (XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(sb))
    {
        ...
    }
return sb.ToString();
answered 2012-12-17T07:47:16.760

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