Checks whether the current node is a content (non-white space text, CDATA, Element, EndElement, EntityReference, or EndEntity) node. If the node is not a content node, the reader skips ahead to the next content node or end of file. It skips over nodes of the following type: ProcessingInstruction, DocumentType, Comment, Whitespace, or SignificantWhitespace.
(in System.Xml.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable Function MoveToContent As XmlNodeType
Dim instance As XmlReader
Dim returnValue As XmlNodeType
returnValue = instance.MoveToContent()
public virtual XmlNodeType MoveToContent()
public:
virtual XmlNodeType MoveToContent()
public function MoveToContent() : XmlNodeType
Return Value
Type:
System.Xml..::.XmlNodeTypeThe NodeType of the current node found by the method or XmlNodeType.None if the reader has reached the end of the input stream.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|
| XmlException | Incorrect XML encountered in the input stream. |
If the current node is an attribute node, this method moves the reader back to the element that owns the attribute.
This is useful when you want to write code that can skip over random XML markup without breaking. For example, suppose you have the following code:
If reader.MoveToContent() = XmlNodeType.Element And reader.Name = "price" Then
_price = reader.ReadString()
End If
if (reader.MoveToContent() == XmlNodeType.Element && reader.Name == "price")
{
_price = reader.ReadString();
}
if ( reader->MoveToContent() == XmlNodeType::Element &&
reader->Name->Equals( "price" ) )
{
_price = reader->ReadString();
}
This code can handle the following inputs without breaking:
and
<?xml version="1.0"><!DOCTYPE price SYSTEM
"abc"><price>123.4</price>
and
<?xml version="1.0"><!DOCTYPE price SYSTEM "abc"
[<!ENTTIY p
"123.4">]><price>&p;</price>
and
<!-- some test comment --><?processing
instruction?><price>123.4</price>
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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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