c# - Problem in reading XML node with unknown root/parent nodes -

i have been trying read xml file. have extract value of nodes "date" , "name", problem is, might appear @ level in xml hierarchy.

so when try code,

        xmldocument doc = new xmldocument();         doc.load("test1.xml");         xmlelement root = doc.documentelement;         xmlnodelist nodes = root.selectnodes("//*");         string date;         string name;          foreach (xmlnode node in nodes)         {                     date = node["date"].innertext;                     name = node["name"].innertext;         } 

and xml file ::

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <root> <child>   <name>aravind</name>   <date>12/03/2000</date> </child> </root> 

the above code errors out, <name> , <date> not immediate child elements of root.
possible assume parent/root nodes unknown , name of nodes, copy values ??

depending on exception getting, may or may not exact solution. however, check date , name exist before doing .innertext on them.

    foreach (xmlnode node in nodes)     {                 datenode = node["date"];                 if(datenode != null)                     date = datenode.innertext;                 // etc.     }