XmlReader.Settings Property (System.Xml)

Settings Property

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XmlReader..::.Settings Property

Gets the XmlReaderSettings object used to create this XmlReader instance.

Namespace: System.Xml
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Settings As XmlReaderSettings

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As XmlReader
Dim value As XmlReaderSettings

value = instance.Settings

public virtual XmlReaderSettings Settings { get; }

Visual C++

public:
virtual property XmlReaderSettings^ Settings {
    XmlReaderSettings^ get ();
}

JScript

public function get Settings () : XmlReaderSettings

Property Value

Type: System.Xml..::.XmlReaderSettings
The XmlReaderSettings object used to create this reader instance. If this reader was not created using the Create method, this property returns nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

Security Note:
The XmlReaderSettings object can contain sensitive information such as user credentials. Applications must be careful when caching this object or passing it to another component.

The XmlReaderSettings class is used to specify the set of features to support on the created reader instance. The XmlReaderSettings object returned by this property cannot be modified. Any attempt to change individual settings results in an exception being thrown.

For more information, see Creating XML Readers.

Platforms

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.

Version Information

.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

Reference

XmlReader Class

XmlReader Members

System.Xml Namespace

Other Resources

Reading XML with the XmlReader