Efficient approach to load XML and read it when needed using c#/.net 3.5

I want to know the efficient way to store the configuration xml to be used in the program. I want to load the following config xml into memory as soon as I start the program and then use the properties where needed. XML:

<ViewModelConfiguration>
  <FICallSchedule>
    <Model>
      <Details>
        <DataSource>
          <Dataset se-datafilter="callschedule" dv-datamanipulationrequired="false" dv-filtercondition="" dv-sortcolumn="" dv-gettopNrows="" />
          <XmlData></XmlData>
        </DataSource>
        <ComputePercentage isactive="true" dataorientation="horizontal">
          <column source="value1" destination="value3" datafilter="" />
          <column source="value2" destination="value4" datafilter="" />
        </ComputePercentage>
      </Details>
    </Model>
  </FICallSchedule>
</ViewModelConfiguration>

Currently I am reading the main tags like <Dataset> and load all the attributes of it in dictionary object. And then use that dictionary with key in my code. Similarly I do it for ComputePercentage and so on and so forth.

I was wondering i开发者_如何学Cf I can load the complete XML into some object and access each node or attribute something like: Model.Details.Dataset.DataSource.se-datafilter or Model.Details.ComputePercentage which will return a collection of columns. I am not sure if this makes any sense otherwise I would stick to dictionary objects only.

If the configuration file has some predefined schema - it stands to reason that it does - you can use the xsd tool to generate a class based on that schema. There is also a free xsd2code library that does similar thing.

But you have to define your Model class somehow; either by autogenerating it with the aid of these tools, or by implementing it "manually".

Take use of configSection and configElement, that way elements and attributes will be loaded as object, and this configuration can be stored into application config file.