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This is returned by the XmlReader if a Read method has not been called.
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| Element |
An element (for example, <item> ).
An Element node can have the following child node types: Element, Text, Comment, ProcessingInstruction, CDATA, and EntityReference. It can be the child of the Document, DocumentFragment, EntityReference, and Element nodes.
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| Attribute |
An attribute (for example, id='123' ).
An Attribute node can have the following child node types: Text and EntityReference. The Attribute node does not appear as the child node of any other node type. It is not considered a child node of an Element.
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| Text |
The text content of a node.
A Text node cannot have any child nodes. It can appear as the child node of the Attribute, DocumentFragment, Element, and EntityReference nodes.
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| CDATA |
A CDATA section (for example, <![CDATA[my escaped text]]> ).
CDATA sections are used to escape blocks of text that would otherwise be recognized as markup. A CDATA node cannot have any child nodes. It can appear as the child of the DocumentFragment, EntityReference, and Element nodes.
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| EntityReference |
A reference to an entity (for example, # ).
An EntityReference node can have the following child node types: Element, ProcessingInstruction, Comment, Text, CDATA, and EntityReference. It can appear as the child of the Attribute, DocumentFragment, Element, and EntityReference nodes.
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| Entity |
An entity declaration (for example, <!ENTITY...> ).
An Entity node can have child nodes that represent the expanded entity (for example, Text and EntityReference nodes). It can appear as the child of the DocumentType node.
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| ProcessingInstruction |
A processing instruction (for example, <?pi test?> ).
A ProcessingInstruction node cannot have any child nodes. It can appear as the child of the Document, DocumentFragment, Element, and EntityReference nodes.
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| Comment |
A comment (for example, <!-- my comment --> ).
A Comment node cannot have any child nodes. It can appear as the child of the Document, DocumentFragment, Element, and EntityReference nodes.
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| Document |
A document object that, as the root of the document tree, provides access to the entire XML document.
A Document node can have the following child node types: XmlDeclaration, Element (maximum of one), ProcessingInstruction, Comment, and DocumentType. It cannot appear as the child of any node types.
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| DocumentType |
The document type declaration, indicated by the following tag (for example, <!DOCTYPE...> ).
A DocumentType node can have the following child node types: Notation and Entity. It can appear as the child of the Document node.
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| DocumentFragment |
A document fragment.
The DocumentFragment node associates a node or subtree with a document without actually being contained within the document. A DocumentFragment node can have the following child node types: Element, ProcessingInstruction, Comment, Text, CDATA, and EntityReference. It cannot appear as the child of any node types.
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| Notation |
A notation in the document type declaration (for example, <!NOTATION...> ).
A Notation node cannot have any child nodes. It can appear as the child of the DocumentType node.
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| Whitespace |
White space between markup.
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| SignificantWhitespace |
White space between markup in a mixed content model or white space within the xml:space="preserve" scope.
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| EndElement |
An end element tag (for example, </item> ).
EndElement nodes are returned when XmlReader gets to the end of an element.
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| EndEntity |
Returned when XmlReader gets to the end of the entity replacement as a result of a call to ResolveEntity.
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| XmlDeclaration |
The XML declaration (for example, <?xml version='1.0'?> ).
The XmlDeclaration node must be the first node in the document. It cannot have children. It is a child of the Document node. It can have attributes that provide version and encoding information.
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