XmlValidatingReader.NodeType Property

public:
 virtual property System::Xml::XmlNodeType NodeType { System::Xml::XmlNodeType get(); };

public override System.Xml.XmlNodeType NodeType { get; }

member this.NodeType : System.Xml.XmlNodeType

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property NodeType As XmlNodeType

Property Value

One of the XmlNodeType values representing the type of the current node.

Examples

The following example reads an XML file and displays each of the nodes.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   XmlTextReader^ txtreader = nullptr;
   XmlValidatingReader^ reader = nullptr;
   String^ filename = "items.xml";
   try
   {
      
      //Load the reader with the data file and ignore all white space nodes.         
      txtreader = gcnew XmlTextReader( filename );
      txtreader->WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling::None;
      
      //Implement the validating reader over the text reader. 
      reader = gcnew XmlValidatingReader( txtreader );
      reader->ValidationType = ValidationType::None;
      
      //Parse the file and display each of the nodes.
      while ( reader->Read() )
      {
         switch ( reader->NodeType )
         {
            case XmlNodeType::Element:
               Console::Write( "<{0}>", reader->Name );
               break;

            case XmlNodeType::Text:
               Console::Write( reader->Value );
               break;

            case XmlNodeType::CDATA:
               Console::Write( "<![CDATA[{0}]]>", reader->Value );
               break;

            case XmlNodeType::ProcessingInstruction:
               Console::Write( "<?{0} {1}?>", reader->Name, reader->Value );
               break;

            case XmlNodeType::Comment:
               Console::Write( "<!--{0}-->", reader->Value );
               break;

            case XmlNodeType::XmlDeclaration:
               Console::Write( "<?xml version='1.0'?>" );
               break;

            case XmlNodeType::Document:
               break;

            case XmlNodeType::DocumentType:
               Console::Write( "<!DOCTYPE {0} [{1}]", reader->Name, reader->Value );
               break;

            case XmlNodeType::EntityReference:
               Console::Write( reader->Name );
               break;

            case XmlNodeType::EndElement:
               Console::Write( "</{0}>", reader->Name );
               break;
         }
      }
   }
   finally
   {
      if ( reader != nullptr )
            reader->Close();
   }

}

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample
{
  private const String filename = "items.xml";

  public static void Main()
  {
     XmlTextReader txtreader = null;
     XmlValidatingReader reader = null;

     try
     {
        //Load the reader with the data file and ignore all white space nodes.
        txtreader = new XmlTextReader(filename);
        txtreader.WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling.None;

        //Implement the validating reader over the text reader.
        reader = new XmlValidatingReader(txtreader);
        reader.ValidationType = ValidationType.None;

        //Parse the file and display each of the nodes.
        while (reader.Read())
        {
           switch (reader.NodeType)
           {
             case XmlNodeType.Element:
               Console.Write("<{0}>", reader.Name);
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.Text:
               Console.Write(reader.Value);
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.CDATA:
               Console.Write("<![CDATA[{0}]]>", reader.Value);
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.ProcessingInstruction:
               Console.Write("<?{0} {1}?>", reader.Name, reader.Value);
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.Comment:
               Console.Write("<!--{0}-->", reader.Value);
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.XmlDeclaration:
               Console.Write("<?xml version='1.0'?>");
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.Document:
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.DocumentType:
               Console.Write("<!DOCTYPE {0} [{1}]", reader.Name, reader.Value);
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.EntityReference:
               Console.Write(reader.Name);
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.EndElement:
               Console.Write("</{0}>", reader.Name);
               break;
           }
        }
     }

     finally
     {
        if (reader!=null)
          reader.Close();
     }
  }
} // End class

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
   Private Const filename As String = "items.xml"
   
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Dim txtreader As XmlTextReader = Nothing
      Dim reader As XmlValidatingReader = Nothing
      
      Try
         'Load the reader with the data file and ignore all white space nodes.         
         txtreader = New XmlTextReader(filename)
         txtreader.WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling.None
         
         'Implement the validating reader over the text reader. 
         reader = New XmlValidatingReader(txtreader)
         reader.ValidationType = ValidationType.None
         
         'Parse the file and display each of the nodes.
         While reader.Read()
            Select Case reader.NodeType
               Case XmlNodeType.Element
                  Console.Write("<{0}>", reader.Name)
               Case XmlNodeType.Text
                  Console.Write(reader.Value)
               Case XmlNodeType.CDATA
                  Console.Write("<![CDATA[{0}]]>", reader.Value)
               Case XmlNodeType.ProcessingInstruction
                  Console.Write("<?{0} {1}?>", reader.Name, reader.Value)
               Case XmlNodeType.Comment
                  Console.Write("<!--{0}-->", reader.Value)
               Case XmlNodeType.XmlDeclaration
                  Console.Write("<?xml version='1.0'?>")
               Case XmlNodeType.Document
               Case XmlNodeType.DocumentType
                  Console.Write("<!DOCTYPE {0} [{1}]", reader.Name, reader.Value)
               Case XmlNodeType.EntityReference
                  Console.Write(reader.Name)
               Case XmlNodeType.EndElement
                  Console.Write("</{0}>", reader.Name)
            End Select
         End While
      
      Finally
         If Not (reader Is Nothing) Then
            reader.Close()
         End If
      End Try
   End Sub
End Class

The example uses the file, items.xml, as input.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- This is a sample XML document -->
<!DOCTYPE Items [<!ENTITY number "123">]>
<Items>
  <Item>Test with an entity: &number;</Item>
  <Item>test with a child element <more/> stuff</Item>
  <Item>test with a CDATA section <![CDATA[<456>]]> def</Item>
  <Item>Test with a char entity: &#65;</Item>
  <!-- Fourteen chars in this element.-->
  <Item>1234567890ABCD</Item>
</Items>

Remarks

This property never returns the following XmlNodeType types: Document, DocumentFragment, Entity, or Notation.

Applies to

See also

• XmlReader