XElement.Load Method (XmlReader, LoadOptions)

Parameters

• reader
  Type: System.Xml.XmlReader
  A XmlReader that will be read for the content of the XElement.

• options
  Type: System.Xml.Linq.LoadOptions
  A LoadOptions that specifies white space behavior, and whether to load base URI and line information.

Return Value

Type: System.Xml.Linq.XElement
An XElement that contains the XML that was read from the specified XmlReader.

Dim output As New StringBuilder
Dim markup As String = _
    "<Root>" & Environment.NewLine & _
    "    <Child>" & Environment.NewLine & _
    "        <GrandChild/>" & Environment.NewLine & _
    "    </Child>" & Environment.NewLine & _
    "</Root>"

' Create a reader and move to the content.
Using nodeReader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create(New StringReader(markup))

    ' the reader must be in the Interactive state in order to
    ' Create a LINQ to XML tree from it.
    nodeReader.MoveToContent()

    Dim xRoot As XElement = XElement.Load(nodeReader, LoadOptions.SetLineInfo)
    output.Append(String.Format("{0}{1}{2}", _
        "Element Name".PadRight(20), _
        "Line".PadRight(5), _
        "Position"))
    output.Append(Environment.NewLine)
    output.Append(String.Format("{0}{1}{2}", _
        "------------".PadRight(20), _
        "----".PadRight(5), _
        "--------"))
    output.Append(Environment.NewLine)
    For Each e As XElement In xRoot.DescendantsAndSelf()
        output.Append(String.Format("{0}{1}{2}", _
            ("".PadRight(e.Ancestors().Count() * 2) & e.Name.ToString).PadRight(20), _
            (DirectCast(e, IXmlLineInfo)).LineNumber.ToString().PadRight(5), _
            (DirectCast(e, IXmlLineInfo)).LinePosition))
        output.Append(Environment.NewLine)
    Next
End Using

OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString()

StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
string markup =
@"<Root>
    <Child>
        <GrandChild/>
    </Child>
</Root>";

// Create a reader and move to the content.
using (XmlReader nodeReader = XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(markup)))
{
    // the reader must be in the Interactive state in order to
    // Create a LINQ to XML tree from it.
    nodeReader.MoveToContent();

    XElement xRoot = XElement.Load(nodeReader, LoadOptions.SetLineInfo);
    output.Append("Element Name".PadRight(20) +
        "Line".PadRight(5) +
        "Position" + Environment.NewLine);
    output.Append("------------".PadRight(20) +
                    "----".PadRight(5) +
                    "--------" + Environment.NewLine);
    foreach (XElement e in xRoot.DescendantsAndSelf())
        output.Append(("".PadRight(e.Ancestors().Count() * 2) + e.Name).PadRight(20) +
                        ((IXmlLineInfo)e).LineNumber.ToString().PadRight(5) +
                        ((IXmlLineInfo)e).LinePosition + Environment.NewLine);
}

OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString();