Loading xml data to ListView in C#?

Question

I'm trying to load xml data in to my ListView control, but not working correctly.

The XML content is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Employees>
  <Employee ID="1">
    <Name>Numeri</Name>
  </Employee>
  <Employee ID="5">
    <Name>husu</Name>
  </Employee>
  <Employee ID="6">
    <Name>sebri</Name>
  </Employee>
</Employees>

This is what I have tried to load the data:

        private void btn_load_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(Application.StartupPath + "/Employees.xml");

            foreach (var dm in doc.Descendants("Employee"))
            {
                ListViewItem item = new ListViewItem(new string[]
                {
                    dm.XAttribute("ID").Value,
                    dm.XElement("Name").Value
                });
                listView1.Items.Add(item);
            }

It is preferable if the help is provided using XML-Linq.

Thanks in Advance.

Related: [What is a `NullReferenceException` and how do I fix it?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4660142/what-is-a-nullreferenceexception-and-how-do-i-fix-it) — Soner Gönül, May 27 '15 at 11:40
Your code should've worked provided that the actual XML is exactly the same as you posted here and it successfully loaded to `XDocument`. I'd suggest you to debug and find out which variable was `null`, or follow recommended steps in the link provided by SonerGonul above to diagnose the problem (for those who confused how this Q relates to NRE, see revision history) — har07, May 27 '15 at 12:08
Thanks in Advance. Yes debugging is the problem. I cleaned and re Dubug and now it works. — usminuru, May 27 '15 at 12:26

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 27 '15 at 12:41

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Could you try doing something as like,

XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(Application.StartupPath + "/Employees.xml");
doc.Descendants("Employee").ToList()
   .ForEach(x => listView1.Items.Add(
                 new ListViewItem(
                 new string[] { x.Attribute("ID").Value, x.Element("Name").Value }))
           );

Hope this helps...

answered May 27 '15 at 12:41

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It is very helpful Answer and What I need is too. – usminuru May 27 '15 at 12:48

Loading xml data to ListView in C#?

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