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XmlDocument Constructor

Initializes a new instance of the XmlDocument class.

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

The following is an example of load-time validation. A document type definition (DTD) validating XmlReader is passed to the Load method and a ValidationEventHandler is provided to notify users of any validation errors. In this example a validation error is found, but the document is still loaded. Alternatively, you can define a validating XmlReader to throw an exception and stop the load process when a validation error is found by not specifying the ValidationEventHandler. For more information about validating XML data with XmlReader, see Validating XML Data with XmlReader.


using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Schema;

namespace Microsoft.Samples.Xml
{
    sealed class XmlDocumentSample
    {
        private XmlDocumentSample() { }

        static XmlReader reader;
        static String filename = "bookdtd.xml";

        public static void Main()
        {

            ValidationEventHandler eventHandler = new ValidationEventHandler(XmlDocumentSample.ValidationCallback);

            try
            {
                // Create the validating reader and specify DTD validation.
                XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
                settings.DtdProcessing = DtdProcessing.Parse;
                settings.ValidationType = ValidationType.DTD;
                settings.ValidationEventHandler += eventHandler;

                reader = XmlReader.Create(filename, settings);

                // Pass the validating reader to the XML document.
                // Validation fails due to an undefined attribute, but the 
                // data is still loaded into the document.
                XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
                doc.Load(reader);
                Console.WriteLine(doc.OuterXml);
            }
            finally
            {
                if (reader != null)
                    reader.Close();
            }
        }

        // Display the validation error.
        private static void ValidationCallback(object sender, ValidationEventArgs args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Validation error loading: {0}", filename);
            Console.WriteLine(args.Message);
        }
    }
}


The example uses the bookDTD.xml file as input.


<!DOCTYPE bookstore [
  <!ELEMENT bookstore (book)*> 
  <!ELEMENT book (title,author,price)>
  <!ATTLIST book genre CDATA #REQUIRED>
  <!ELEMENT title (#PCDATA)>
  <!ELEMENT author (#PCDATA)>
  <!ELEMENT price (#PCDATA)>]>
<bookstore>
  <book genre="fantasy"  ISBN="2-3631-4">
    <title>Oberon's Legacy</title>
    <author>Corets, Eva</author>
    <price>5.95</price>
  </book>
</bookstore>


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

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.
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