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XmlReader Methods

The methods of the XmlReader class are listed below. For a complete list of XmlReader class members, see the XmlReader Members topic.

Public:

Close Closes the stream, changes the ReadState to Closed, and sets all the properties back to zero.
Equals (inherited from Object) Determines whether the specified Object is the same instance as the current Object. Subclasses are expected to override this method to support value equality (not reference equality).
GetAttribute Overloaded. Gets the value of an attribute.
GetHashCode (inherited from Object) Serves as a hash function for a particular type, suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures like a hash table.
GetType (inherited from Object) Gets the Type of the Object.
LookupNamespace Resolves a namespace prefix in the current element's scope.
MoveToAttribute Overloaded. Moves to the specified attribute.

The MoveToAttribute methods enable you to get both random access to attributes and strongly typed access to attribute values.

To get strongly typed access to an attribute value, you must do the following:

  1. Call MoveToAttribute to move to the attribute whose value you want to access.
  2. Call Read method for the data type you want (for example, ReadBoolean for boolean, ReadDate for DateTime, and so on).

After calling MoveToAttribute, the Name, Namespace, Prefix properties will reflect the properties of that attribute.

MoveToElement Moves to the element that contains the current attribute node.
MoveToFirstAttribute Moves to the first attribute.
MoveToNextAttribute Moves to the next attribute.
Read Reads the next node from the stream.
ReadAttributeValue Parses the attribute value into one or more Text and/or EntityReference node types.
ReadBoolean Reads the value and returns it as a bool.
ReadChar Reads the element content one character at a time.
ReadChars Reads the text contents of an element into a character buffer. This method is designed to read large streams of embedded text by calling it successively.
ReadCurrency Reads the value and returns it as a Currency.
ReadDate Reads the value and returns it as a DateTime.
ReadDecimal Reads the value and returns it as a Decimal.
ReadDouble Reads the value and returns it as a double.
ReadInnerXml Reads all the content (including markup) as a string.
ReadInt16 Reads the value and returns it as an Int16.
ReadInt32 Reads the value and returns it as an Int32.
ReadInt64 Reads the value and returns it as an Int64.
ReadSingle Reads the value and returns it as a float.
ReadString Reads the contents of an element as a string.
ReadTimeSpan Reads the value and returns it as a TimeSpan.
ResolveEntity Overloaded. Resolves an entity reference.
Skip Skips to the end tag of the current element.
TagNameIs Overloaded. Checks whether the current element has the specified name.
ToString (inherited from Object) Returns a String that represents the current Object.

Protected:

Finalize (inherited from Object) Allows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by the Garbage Collector (GC). This method may be ignored by the runtime; therefore, necessary cleanup operations should be done elsewhere.
MemberwiseClone (inherited from Object) Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

See Also

XmlReader Class | System.NewXml Namespace