C#

XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();<br />
xmlDoc.Load(@"myfile.xml");<br />
XmlNode clipsNode = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("/Clips");<br />
foreach(XmlNode clipNode in clipsNode.ChildNodes)<br />
{<br />
  XmlAttribute nameAttr = clipNode.Attributes["name"];<br />
  XmlAttribute idAttr = clipNode.Attributes["id"];<br />
  XmlAttribute typeAttr = clipNode.Attributes["type"];<br />
<br />
  Console.WriteLine(nameAttr.Value);  // smoking.mp4...<br />
  Console.WriteLine(idAttr.Value);    // 1...<br />
  Console.WriteLine(typeAttr.Value);  // d...<br />
}

while (iterator.MoveNext())
{
    if (iterator.Current is IHasXmlNode)
    {
         XmlNode xNode = ((IHasXmlNode)iterator.Current).GetNode();
         objList.Add(xNode);
     }
}

N a v a n e e t h wrote:

if (iterator.Current is IHasXmlNode)
{
XmlNode xNode = ((IHasXmlNode)iterator.Current).GetNode();
objList.Add(xNode);
}

dnh wrote:

For this pattern there is as operator, which does the same check, and return IHasXmlNode if it succeeds or null if it fails. One null check is faster then type lookup & check.

half-life wrote:

i thougt about it, but it's not that simple
(how said life is simple?, )