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ASP.Net - Convert XML to Datatable in C#.net, VB.Net

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I have the below XML File 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
  <Employee>
    <Id>1</Id>
    <EmpName>Kannadasan</EmpName>
    <Gender>Male</Gender>
    <Dept>Reading Books</Dept>
  </Employee>
  <Employee>
    <Id>2</Id>
    <EmpName>Kaviyarasan</EmpName>
    <Gender>Male</Gender>
    <Dept>Playing Games</Dept>
  </Employee>
  <Employee>
    <Id>3</Id>
    <EmpName>Ramkumar</EmpName>
    <Gender>Male</Gender>
    <Dept>Reading Books</Dept>
  </Employee>
  <Employee>
    <Id>4</Id>
    <EmpName>Xavier Selvaraj</EmpName>
    <Gender>Male</Gender>
    <Dept>Playing Games</Dept>
  </Employee>
</root>


ASP.Net Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head runat="server">
    <title>Convert XML to Data Table</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:GridView ID="grdTable" runat="server">
        </asp:GridView>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

C#.Net Code

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Data;

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        XElement xele = XElement.Load(Server.MapPath("test.xml"));//get your file
        // declare a new DataTable and pass your XElement to it
        DataTable dt = XElementToDataTable(xele);
        grdTable.DataSource=dt;
        grdTable.DataBind();
    }
    public DataTable XElementToDataTable(XElement x)
    {
        DataTable dtable = new DataTable();

        XElement setup = (from p in x.Descendants() select p).First();
        // build your DataTable
        foreach (XElement xe in setup.Descendants())
            dtable.Columns.Add(new DataColumn(xe.Name.ToString(), typeof(string))); // add columns to your dt

        var all = from p in x.Descendants(setup.Name.ToString()) select p;
        foreach (XElement xe in all)
        {
            DataRow dr = dtable.NewRow();
            foreach (XElement xe2 in xe.Descendants())
                dr[xe2.Name.ToString()] = xe2.Value; //add in the values
            dtable.Rows.Add(dr);
        }
        return dtable;
    }
}



Below is the equivalent VB.Net

Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Xml.Linq
Imports System.Data

Partial Public Class _Default
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
    Protected Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        Dim x As XElement = XElement.Load(Server.MapPath("test.xml"))
        'get your file
        ' declare a new DataTable and pass your XElement to it
        Dim dt As DataTable = XElementToDataTable(x)
        grdTable.DataSource = dt
        grdTable.DataBind()
    End Sub
    Public Function XElementToDataTable(x As XElement) As DataTable
        Dim dt As New DataTable()

                        Dim setup As XElement = (From p In x.Descendants()p).First()
        For Each xe As XElement In setup.Descendants()
            ' build your DataTable
            dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn(xe.Name.ToString(), GetType(String)))
        Next
        ' add columns to your dt
                        Dim all = From p In x.Descendants(setup.Name.ToString())p
        For Each xe As XElement In all
            Dim dr As DataRow = dt.NewRow()
            For Each xe2 As XElement In xe.Descendants()
                dr(xe2.Name.ToString()) = xe2.Value
            Next
            'add in the values
            dt.Rows.Add(dr)
        Next
        Return dt
    End Function
End Class


The Output Will be:

IdEmpNameGenderDept
1KannadasanMaleReading Books
2KaviyarasanMalePlaying Games
3RamkumarMaleReading Books
4Xavier SelvarajMalePlaying Games


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