System.Xml.Linq Extensions

I thought I would some extension methods I have been using for a little while now for Linq to Xml. When loading and retrieving the attribute values from XML nodes via Linq there is a bit of code to write to make sure the attribute exists and that the value is a valid data type. Rather than having a bunch of code to do this I simply wrote some extensions that operate on an XElement and are targeted at returning the value of an XAttribute.

Usage:

var element = XElement.Parse("<value x="50.5"/>");var value = element.GetDoubleValue("x");
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Anyway, here is the class for the extensions:

   1:  using System;
   2:  using System.Xml.Linq;
   3:   
   4:  namespace System.Xml.Linq
   5:  {
   6:      public static class XLinqEx
   7:      {
   8:          /// <summary>
   9:          /// Gets a short value for the specified attribute.
  10:          /// </summary>
  11:          /// <param name="element">The element to parse.</param>
  12:          /// <param name="attributeName">The XName of the attribute to parse.</param>
  13:          /// <returns>A short value representation of the attribute value.</returns>
  14:          public static short GetInt16Value(this XElement element, XName attributeName)
  15:          {
  16:              var attribute = element.Attribute(attributeName);
  17:              if (attribute == null)
  18:                  return 0;
  19:   
  20:              short result = 0;
  21:              Int16.TryParse(attribute.Value, out result);
  22:              return result;
  23:          }
  24:   
  25:          /// <summary>
  26:          /// Gets an int value for the specified attribute.
  27:          /// </summary>
  28:          /// <param name="element">The element to parse.</param>
  29:          /// <param name="attributeName">The XName of the attribute to parse.</param>
  30:          /// <returns>An int value representation of the attribute value.</returns>
  31:          public static int GetInt32Value(this XElement element, XName attributeName)
  32:          {
  33:              var attribute = element.Attribute(attributeName);
  34:              if (attribute == null)
  35:                  return 0;
  36:   
  37:              int result = 0;
  38:              Int32.TryParse(attribute.Value, out result);
  39:              return result;
  40:          }
  41:   
  42:          /// <summary>
  43:          /// Gets a long value for the specified attribute.
  44:          /// </summary>
  45:          /// <param name="element">The element to parse.</param>
  46:          /// <param name="attributeName">The XName of the attribute to parse.</param>
  47:          /// <returns>A long value representation of the attribute value.</returns>
  48:          public static long GetInt64Value(this XElement element, XName attributeName)
  49:          {
  50:              var attribute = element.Attribute(attributeName);
  51:              if (attribute == null)
  52:                  return 0;
  53:   
  54:              long result = 0;
  55:              Int64.TryParse(attribute.Value, out result);
  56:              return result;
  57:          }
  58:   
  59:          /// <summary>
  60:          /// Gets a double value for the specified attribute.
  61:          /// </summary>
  62:          /// <param name="element">The element to parse.</param>
  63:          /// <param name="attributeName">The XName of the attribute to parse.</param>
  64:          /// <returns>A double value representation of the attribute value.</returns>
  65:          public static double GetDoubleValue(this XElement element, XName attributeName)
  66:          {
  67:              var attribute = element.Attribute(attributeName);
  68:              if (attribute == null)
  69:                  return 0;
  70:   
  71:              double result = 0;
  72:              Double.TryParse(attribute.Value, out result);
  73:              return result;
  74:          }
  75:   
  76:          /// <summary>
  77:          /// Gets a bool value for the specified attribute.
  78:          /// </summary>
  79:          /// <param name="element">The element to parse.</param>
  80:          /// <param name="attributeName">The XName of the attribute to parse.</param>
  81:          /// <returns>A bool value representation of the attribute value.</returns>
  82:          public static bool GetBooleanValue(this XElement element, XName attributeName)
  83:          {
  84:              var attribute = element.Attribute(attributeName);
  85:              if (attribute == null)
  86:                  return false;
  87:   
  88:              bool result = false;
  89:              Boolean.TryParse(attribute.Value, out result);
  90:              return result;
  91:          }
  92:   
  93:          /// <summary>
  94:          /// Gets a string value for the specified attribute.
  95:          /// </summary>
  96:          /// <param name="element">The element to parse.</param>
  97:          /// <param name="attributeName">The XName of the attribute to parse.</param>
  98:          /// <returns>A string value representation of the attribute value.</returns>
  99:          public static string GetStringValue(this XElement element, XName attributeName)
 100:          {
 101:              var attribute = element.Attribute(attributeName);
 102:              if (attribute == null)
 103:                  return String.Empty;
 104:   
 105:              return attribute.Value;
 106:          }
 107:   
 108:          /// <summary>
 109:          /// Gets a byte array from the base 64 encoded value of the current element.
 110:          /// </summary>
 111:          /// <param name="element">The element to parse.</param>
 112:          /// <returns>A byte array of the base 64 encoded element value.</returns>
 113:          public static byte[] GetByteArray(this XElement element)
 114:          {
 115:              var value = element.Value;
 116:              if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
 117:              {
 118:                  return Convert.FromBase64String(value);
 119:              }
 120:              return null;
 121:          }
 122:      }
 123:  }
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1/19/2010