XmlReaderSettings Constructor (System.Xml)

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XmlReaderSettings Constructor

Initializes a new instance of the XmlReaderSettings class.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Sub New

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As New XmlReaderSettings()

public XmlReaderSettings()

Visual C++

public:
XmlReaderSettings()

JScript

public function XmlReaderSettings()

Remarks

The following table shows initial property values for an instance of XmlReaderSettings.

Property	Initial value
CheckCharacters	true.
ConformanceLevel	Document.
IgnoreComments	false.
IgnoreProcessingInstructions	false.
IgnoreWhitespace	false.
LineNumberOffset	0.
LinePositionOffset	0.
MaxCharactersFromEntities	0 (There is no limit on the number of characters that result from expanding entities).
MaxCharactersInDocument	0 (There is no limit on the size of the XML document).
NameTable	nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ProhibitDtd	true.
Schemas	An empty XmlSchemaSet object.
ValidationFlags	ProcessIdentityConstraints.
ValidationType	None.
XmlResolver	A new XmlUrlResolver object.

Examples

The following creates a settings object that can be used to construct a reader that strips processing instructions, comments, and insignificant white space.

Visual Basic

' Set the reader settings.
Dim settings as XmlReaderSettings = new XmlReaderSettings()
settings.IgnoreComments = true
settings.IgnoreProcessingInstructions = true
settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true

// Set the reader settings.
XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
settings.IgnoreComments = true;
settings.IgnoreProcessingInstructions = true;
settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true;

Visual C++

// Set the reader settings.
XmlReaderSettings^ settings = gcnew XmlReaderSettings;
settings->IgnoreComments = true;
settings->IgnoreProcessingInstructions = true;
settings->IgnoreWhitespace = true;

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

XmlReaderSettings Class

XmlReaderSettings Members

System.Xml Namespace

Other Resources

Creating XML Readers