c# - How can I create a collection of business objects from multiple elements in a XmlDocument -

i'm trying create collection of business objects following xml document using .net 4.0/c#

    <webservices errorfound="false" serverdatetime="30/11/2010 14:58:58">         <results>             <users totalresults="5">                 <username userid="2">john</username>                 <username userid="3">dave</username>                 <username userid="4">jim</username>                 <username userid="5">bob</username>             </users>         </results>     </webservices> 

this class need create

    public class user     {         public string name { get; set; }         public int id { get; set; }     } 

each of users child elements should new instance of class. far have method accepts xmldocument.

public static ienumerable<user> getuser(xmldocument xmldoc) {     xmlreader reader = xmlreader.create(new stringreader(xmldoc.outerxml));     xdocument doc = xdocument.load(reader);      var user = u in doc.descendants("webservices").descendantsandself("users")                select new user()                {                    name = u.element("username").value,                    id = int.parse(u.element("username").attribute("userid").value)                };       list<user> userinstance = user.tolist();      ienumerable<user> users= u in userinstance                               select u;      return users;   } 

this works fine far producing 1 instance of object first child element concerned unsure how create multiple instances elements. need able return collection of user objects eg collection<user> users = new collection<user>()

i barking wrong tree. appreciated.

using xpath can write code this:

public class user {     public string name { get; set; }     public int id { get; set; } }   static void main(string[] args) {     string xml =         "<webservices errorfound='false' serverdatetime='30/11/2010 14:58:58'>" +             "<results>" +                 "<users totalresults='5'>" +                     "<username userid='2'>john</username>" +                     "<username userid='3'>dave</username>" +                     "<username userid='4'>jim</username>" +                     "<username userid='5'>bob</username>" +                     "</users>" +             "</results>" +         "</webservices>";      xmldocument doc = new xmldocument();     doc.loadxml(xml);      var users = usernameelement in doc.selectnodes("/webservices/results/users/username").oftype<xmlelement>()                 select new user                 {                     name = usernameelement.innertext,                     id = int32.parse(usernameelement.getattribute("userid"))                 };      foreach (var user in users)     {         console.writeline(user.id.tostring() + ": " + user.name);     } }