Reading and Writing XML with Linq

In this sample, I am using Linq to construct my objects into XML, then being able to read the XML with Linq and construct it back into my class objects.

Writing (Linq to XML):

var xmlFile = 
    new XElement("Movies",
    from m in movies
    select new XElement("Movie",
        new XElement("Title", m.Title),
        new XElement("Director", m.Director),
        new XElement("ReleaseDate", m.ReleaseDate),
        new XElement("Casts",
            from c in m.Casts
            select new XElement("Cast",
                new XElement("Name", c.Name),
                new XElement("Dob", c.Dob),
                new XElement("Roles",
                    from r in c.Roles
                    select new XElement("Role",
                        new XElement("MovieName", r.Movie),
                        new XElement("RoleName", r.RoleName)))))));

Reading (XML to Linq):

var movies = 
    from m in xmlFile.Descendants("Movie")
    select new Movie
    {
        Title = (string)m.Element("Title"),
        Director = (string)m.Element("Director"),
        ReleaseDate = (DateTime)m.Element("ReleaseDate"),
        Casts = (from c in m.Elements("Casts").Descendants("Cast")
                 select new Cast
                 {
                    Name = (string)c.Element("Name"),
                    Dob = (DateTime)c.Element("Dob"),
                    Roles = (from r in c.Elements("Roles").Descendants("Role")
                             select new Role
                             {
                                Movie = (string)r.Element("MovieName"),
                                RoleName = (string)r.Element("RoleName")
                             }).ToList()
                 }).ToList()
    };

Reading and Writing Xml Files

Please let me know if this helps you.