XmlTextReader.Encoding Property (System.Xml)

Encoding Property

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XmlTextReader..::.Encoding Property

Gets the encoding of the document.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public ReadOnly Property Encoding As Encoding

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As XmlTextReader
Dim value As Encoding

value = instance.Encoding

public Encoding Encoding { get; }

Visual C++

public:
property Encoding^ Encoding {
    Encoding^ get ();
}

JScript

public function get Encoding () : Encoding

Property Value

Type: System.Text..::.Encoding
The encoding value. If no encoding attribute exists, and there is no byte-order mark, this defaults to UTF-8.

Remarks

Note:
In the .NET Framework version 2.0 release, the recommended practice is to create XmlReader instances using the XmlReader..::.Create method. This allows you to take full advantage of the new features introduced in this release. For more information, see Creating XML Readers.

Because XmlTextReader uses the System.Text..::.Encoding class, XmlTextReader also supports all encodings supported by that class. The exception to this is any encoding, such as UTF-7 or EBCDIC, that maps the <?xml sequence to different byte values than UTF-8.

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, 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

Reference

XmlTextReader Class

XmlTextReader Members

System.Xml Namespace

Other Resources

Reading XML with the XmlReader