XmlTextReader.LinePosition Property
Gets the current line position.
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
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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. |
This property is most commonly used for error reporting, but can be called at any time. The property's starting value is 1.
The position indicated is the first character of text in the markup.
<root> abc<tag/> </root>
On the first line of the preceding XML text, a LinePosition of 2 corresponds to the character r; on the second line, a LinePosition of 5 corresponds to the character t; and on the third line, a LinePosition of 3 corresponds to the character r.
Combined with LineNumber, a value of 1,1 indicates the start of the document.
The following example displays each node including its depth, line number, and line position.
using System; using System.IO; using System.Xml; public class Sample{ public static void Main(){ // Create the XML fragment to be parsed. string xmlFrag = @"<book> <misc> <style>paperback</style> <pages>240</pages> </misc> </book>"; // Create the XmlNamespaceManager. NameTable nt = new NameTable(); XmlNamespaceManager nsmgr = new XmlNamespaceManager(nt); // Create the XmlParserContext. XmlParserContext context = new XmlParserContext(null, nsmgr, null, XmlSpace.None); // Create the reader. XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(xmlFrag, XmlNodeType.Element, context); // Parse the XML and display each node. while (reader.Read()){ switch (reader.NodeType){ case XmlNodeType.Element: Console.Write("{0} {1},{2} ", reader.Depth, reader.LineNumber, reader.LinePosition); Console.WriteLine("<{0}>", reader.Name); break; case XmlNodeType.Text: Console.Write("{0} {1},{2} ", reader.Depth, reader.LineNumber, reader.LinePosition); Console.WriteLine(" {0}", reader.Value); break; case XmlNodeType.EndElement: Console.Write("{0} {1},{2} ", reader.Depth, reader.LineNumber, reader.LinePosition); Console.WriteLine("</{0}>", reader.Name); break; } } // Close the reader. reader.Close(); } }
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
