linq读取xml

var customerList = (from e in XDocument.Load("customers.xml").Root.Elements("customer")
                                select new Customer
                                {
                                    CustomerID = (string)e.Element("id"),
                                    CompanyName = (string)e.Element("name"),
                                    Address = (string)e.Element("address"),
                                    City = (string)e.Element("city"),
                                    Region = (string)e.Element("region"),
                                    PostalCode = (string)e.Element("postalcode"),
                                    Country = (string)e.Element("country"),
                                    Phone = (string)e.Element("phone"),
                                    Fax = (string)e.Element("fax"),
                                    Orders = (
                                        from o in e.Elements("orders").Elements("order")
                                        select new Order
                                        {
                                            OrderID = (int)o.Element("id"),
                                            OrderDate = (DateTime)o.Element("orderdate"),
                                            Total = (decimal)o.Element("total")
                                        }).ToArray()
                                }).ToList();

xml结构如下：

  
    ALFKI
    Alfreds Futterkiste
    
Obere Str. 57
    Berlin
    12209
    Germany
    030-0074321
    030-0076545
    
      
        10643
        1997-08-25T00:00:00
        814.50
      
      
        10692
        1997-10-03T00:00:00
        878.00
      
      
        10702
        1997-10-13T00:00:00
        330.00
      
      
        10835
        1998-01-15T00:00:00
        845.80
      
      
        10952
        1998-03-16T00:00:00
        471.20
      
      
        11011
        1998-04-09T00:00:00
        933.50
      
    
  

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