Reads the text content at the current position as a String object.
(in System.Xml.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable Function ReadContentAsString As String
Dim instance As XmlReader
Dim returnValue As String
returnValue = instance.ReadContentAsString()
public virtual string ReadContentAsString()
public:
virtual String^ ReadContentAsString()
public function ReadContentAsString() : String
This method concatenates text, white space, significant white space, and CDATA sections, and skips any comments or processing instructions. Entity references are automatically resolved.
This method can be used convert typed values to a string, or to read the text content while skipping comments and processing instructions.
The following table describes how this method treats each node type.
XmlNodeType | Return value | Reader behavior |
|---|
Text
CDATA
Whitespace
SignificantWhitespace
EntityReference
EndEntity
| Concatenated content of text, CDATA, white space and significant white space nodes converted to the requested type. | Moves to the next start element or end element tag. Entity references are automatically expanded. |
Attribute
| Same as calling XmlConvert.ToXxx on the attribute value. | The reader remains in the current position. |
Comment
ProcessingInstruction
| Ignores the processing instruction (PI) or comment and reads the concatenated text content that follows the PI or comment. | Moves to the next start element or end element tag. Entity references are automatically expanded. |
EndElement
| An empty string. | The reader remains in the current position. |
Element
XmlDeclaration
None
Document
DocumentType
Notation
Entity
DocumentFragment
| An InvalidOperationException is thrown. | Undefined, although typically the reader remains in the current position. |
For more information, see Reading Typed Data and the W3C XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes recommendation.
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune
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
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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