这是我自己的想法:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var tree = new Tree<string>()
            .Begin("Fastfood")
                .Begin("Pizza")
                    .Add("Margherita")
                    .Add("Marinara")
                .End()
                .Begin("Burger")
                    .Add("Cheese burger")
                    .Add("Chili burger")
                    .Add("Rice burger")
                .End()
            .End();

        tree.Nodes.ForEach(p => PrintNode(p, 0));
        Console.ReadKey();
    }

    static void PrintNode<T>(TreeNode<T> node, int level)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("{0}{1}", new string(' ', level * 3), node.Value);
        level++;
        node.Children.ForEach(p => PrintNode(p, level));
    }
}

public class Tree<T>
{
    private Stack<TreeNode<T>> m_Stack = new Stack<TreeNode<T>>();

    public List<TreeNode<T>> Nodes { get; } = new List<TreeNode<T>>();

    public Tree<T> Begin(T val)
    {
        if (m_Stack.Count == 0)
        {
            var node = new TreeNode<T>(val, null);
            Nodes.Add(node);
            m_Stack.Push(node);
        }
        else
        {
            var node = m_Stack.Peek().Add(val);
            m_Stack.Push(node);
        }

        return this;
    }

    public Tree<T> Add(T val)
    {
        m_Stack.Peek().Add(val);
        return this;
    }

    public Tree<T> End()
    {
        m_Stack.Pop();
        return this;
    }
}

public class TreeNode<T>
{
    public T Value { get; }
    public TreeNode<T> Parent { get; }
    public List<TreeNode<T>> Children { get; }

    public TreeNode(T val, TreeNode<T> parent)
    {
        Value = val;
        Parent = parent;
        Children = new List<TreeNode<T>>();
    }

    public TreeNode<T> Add(T val)
    {
        var node = new TreeNode<T>(val, this);
        Children.Add(node);
        return node;
    }
}

输出:

Fastfood
   Pizza
      Margherita
      Marinara
   Burger
      Cheese burger
      Chili burger
      Rice burger

delegate void TreeVisitor<T>(T nodeData);

class NTree<T>
{
    private T data;
    private LinkedList<NTree<T>> children;

    public NTree(T data)
    {
         this.data = data;
        children = new LinkedList<NTree<T>>();
    }

    public void AddChild(T data)
    {
        children.AddFirst(new NTree<T>(data));
    }

    public NTree<T> GetChild(int i)
    {
        foreach (NTree<T> n in children)
            if (--i == 0)
                return n;
        return null;
    }

    public void Traverse(NTree<T> node, TreeVisitor<T> visitor)
    {
        visitor(node.data);
        foreach (NTree<T> kid in node.children)
            Traverse(kid, visitor);
    }
}

简单的递归实现… < 40行代码… 你只需要在类外保留一个对树根的引用， 或者在另一个类中包装它，也许重命名为TreeNode??

我已经使用上面的NTree类添加了一个完整的解决方案和示例。我还添加了AddChild方法…

    public class NTree<T>
    {
        public T data;
        public LinkedList<NTree<T>> children;

        public NTree(T data)
        {
            this.data = data;
            children = new LinkedList<NTree<T>>();
        }

        public void AddChild(T data)
        {
            var node = new NTree<T>(data) { Parent = this };
            children.AddFirst(node);
        }

        public NTree<T> Parent { get; private set; }

        public NTree<T> GetChild(int i)
        {
            foreach (NTree<T> n in children)
                if (--i == 0)
                    return n;
            return null;
        }

        public void Traverse(NTree<T> node, TreeVisitor<T> visitor, string t, ref NTree<T> r)
        {
            visitor(node.data, node, t, ref r);
            foreach (NTree<T> kid in node.children)
                Traverse(kid, visitor, t, ref r);
        }
    }

    public static void DelegateMethod(KeyValuePair<string, string> data, NTree<KeyValuePair<string, string>> node, string t, ref NTree<KeyValuePair<string, string>> r)
    {
        string a = string.Empty;
        if (node.data.Key == t)
        {
            r = node;
            return;
        }
    }

使用它

 NTree<KeyValuePair<string, string>> ret = null;
 tree.Traverse(tree, DelegateMethod, node["categoryId"].InnerText, ref ret);

也有可能在LINQ中使用XML:

在c#中创建XML树(LINQ to XML)

在使用树时，XML是最成熟和最灵活的解决方案，而LINQ为您提供了所需的所有工具。 您的树的配置也变得更加清晰和用户友好，因为您可以简单地使用XML文件进行初始化。

如果你需要处理对象，你可以使用XML序列化:

XML序列化

试试这个简单的例子。

public class TreeNode<TValue>
{
    #region Properties
    public TValue Value { get; set; }
    public List<TreeNode<TValue>> Children { get; private set; }
    public bool HasChild { get { return Children.Any(); } }
    #endregion
    #region Constructor
    public TreeNode()
    {
        this.Children = new List<TreeNode<TValue>>();
    }
    public TreeNode(TValue value)
        : this()
    {
        this.Value = value;
    }
    #endregion
    #region Methods
    public void AddChild(TreeNode<TValue> treeNode)
    {
        Children.Add(treeNode);
    }
    public void AddChild(TValue value)
    {
        var treeNode = new TreeNode<TValue>(value);
        AddChild(treeNode);
    }
    #endregion
}

如果要在GUI上显示这个树，可以使用TreeView和TreeNode。(我认为从技术上讲，你可以创建一个TreeNode而不把它放在GUI上，但它确实比一个简单的自定义TreeNode实现有更多的开销。)