Dim nt As NameTable  = New NameTable()
Dim book As object = nt.Add("book")
Dim price As object = nt.Add("price")

' Create the reader.
Dim settings As XmlReaderSettings = New XmlReaderSettings()
settings.NameTable = nt
Dim reader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create("books.xml", settings)

reader.MoveToContent()
reader.ReadToDescendant("book")

 If (System.Object.ReferenceEquals(book, reader.Name)) 
     ' Do additional processing.
 End If

NameTable nt = new NameTable();
object book = nt.Add("book");
object price = nt.Add("price");

// Create the reader.
XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
settings.NameTable = nt;
XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create("books.xml", settings);

reader.MoveToContent();
reader.ReadToDescendant("book");

 if (System.Object.ReferenceEquals(book, reader.Name)) {
     // Do additional processing.
 }

NameTable^ nt = gcnew NameTable;
Object^ book = nt->Add( "book" );
Object^ price = nt->Add( "price" );

// Create the reader.
XmlReaderSettings ^ settings = gcnew XmlReaderSettings;
settings->NameTable = nt;
XmlReader^ reader = XmlReader::Create( (String^)"books.xml", settings );
reader->MoveToContent();
reader->ReadToDescendant( "book" );
if ( System::Object::ReferenceEquals( book, reader->Name ) )
{

   // Do additional processing.
}

//Create the reader.
XmlTextReader rdr = new XmlTextReader("book.xml");
NameTable nt = new NameTable();
String name = nt.Add("book");

while (rdr.Read()) {
}
if (rdr.get_NameTable().Get("book").Equals(name)) {
    Console.WriteLine("matches!");
}