XmlWriter.WriteEntityRef Method
.NET Framework 2.0
When overridden in a derived class, writes out an entity reference as &name;.
Namespace: System.Xml
Assembly: System.Xml (in system.xml.dll)
XmlWriter Members
System.Xml Namespace
Assembly: System.Xml (in system.xml.dll)
The following example writes an XML file representing a book.
using System; using System.IO; using System.Xml; public class Sample { private const string filename = "sampledata.xml"; public static void Main() { XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings(); settings.Indent = true; XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(filename, settings); // Write the Processing Instruction node. String PItext="type=\"text/xsl\" href=\"book.xsl\""; writer.WriteProcessingInstruction("xml-stylesheet", PItext); // Write the DocumentType node. writer.WriteDocType("book", null , null, "<!ENTITY h \"hardcover\">"); // Write a Comment node. writer.WriteComment("sample XML"); // Write the root element. writer.WriteStartElement("book"); // Write the genre attribute. writer.WriteAttributeString("genre", "novel"); // Write the ISBN attribute. writer.WriteAttributeString("ISBN", "1-8630-014"); // Write the title. writer.WriteElementString("title", "The Handmaid's Tale"); // Write the style element. writer.WriteStartElement("style"); writer.WriteEntityRef("h"); writer.WriteEndElement(); // Write the price. writer.WriteElementString("price", "19.95"); // Write CDATA. writer.WriteCData("Prices 15% off!!"); // Write the close tag for the root element. writer.WriteEndElement(); writer.WriteEndDocument(); // Write the XML to file and close the writer. writer.Flush(); writer.Close(); } }
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Reference
XmlWriter ClassXmlWriter Members
System.Xml Namespace