XmlDocument.appendChild (et al.) is not closing tags immediately

[stormbind]

Where each small XmlDocument is..

<root>
<memberA></memberA>
<memberB></memberB>
</root>

Using the following .NET approach to copy and merge many small XmlDocuments into one new big XmlDocument..

XmlDocument big = new XmlDocument();
big.LoadXml("<example></example>");

List<XmlDocument> myXmlDocumentList = new List<XmlDocument>();
// lets assume we populated this list with lots of small XmlDocuments

foreach(XmlDocument small in myXmlDocumentList){
big.DocumentElement.AppendChild(big.ImportNode(small.DocumentElement, true));
}

Results in a big XmlDocument that looks like this..

<example>
<root>
<memberA></memberA>
<memberB></memberB>
<root>
<memberA></memberA>
<memberB><root>
<memberA></memberA>
<memberB></memberB>
</root></memberB>
</root>
</root>
</example>

Every element was appended and every tag closed, but the heirachy is a disaster.

What is a better way of copying small documents into a big document?

--Glen

Memoria mihi benigna erit qui eam perscribam

 

[tsuji]

I bet the List (myXmlDocumentList) is wrongly established. It would have .Count=1 only and the sole item is mixed up. The line concerning the big should be working just fine.