parse XML nodes with the name "object" in XDocument in C#

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my problem is as follows: I want to parse a xml-file created with Tiled Map Editor where I inserted one objectlayer (for collision objects). But unfortunately, Tiled named the node in the xml-file "objectgroup" and its descendants "object"

<objectgroup name="solidObjects" width="100" height="100">
 <object gid="265" x="16" y="35"/>
 <object gid="265" x="66" y="36"/>
</objectgroup>

I am trying to do something like

XDocument doc = XDocument.Load("pathtoFile\sourcefile.xml");
List<Rectangle> objectList = new List<Rectangle>();

foreach (var object in doc.Element("objectgroup").Descendants("object"))
{ objectList.Add(objectRectangle); }

But since "object" is a protected word in c#, it doesn't work. Any tips how to handle this problem the easiest way?

Oh, I thought the variable has to have the same name as the node — Mr.Kitopa
– Mr.Kitopa, Commented Mar 4, 2013 at 14:20

Frédéric Hamidi · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-04 10:09:59Z

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If you absolutely, definitely have to use object as your variable name (which is not recommended), then you can prefix it with an @ sign:

foreach (var @object in doc.Element("objectgroup").Descendants("object")) {
    objectList.Add(@object);
}

The @ sign prefix allows identifiers in your code to use reserved words as their names.

answered Mar 4, 2013 at 10:09

Frédéric Hamidi

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