XmlReader.ReadToFollowing Method (String)
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Reads until an element with the specified qualified name is found.
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Parameters
- name
- Type: System.String
The qualified name of the element.
Return Value
Type: System.Booleantrue if a matching element is found; otherwise false and the XmlReader is in an end of file state.
This method is functionally equivalent executing the following::name XPath expression from the current node. It provides a quick way to find a named element in the XML document. It advances the reader to the next following element that matches the specified name and returns true if a matching element is found.
This method can be called on all node types.
The following example uses the XmlReader methods to read the content of elements and attributes.
StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder(); String xmlString = @"<bookstore> <book genre='autobiography' publicationdate='1981-03-22' ISBN='1-861003-11-0'> <title>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</title> <author> <first-name>Benjamin</first-name> <last-name>Franklin</last-name> </author> <price>8.99</price> </book> </bookstore>"; // Create an XmlReader using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(xmlString))) { reader.ReadToFollowing("book"); reader.MoveToFirstAttribute(); string genre = reader.Value; output.AppendLine("The genre value: " + genre); reader.ReadToFollowing("title"); output.AppendLine("Content of the title element: " + reader.ReadElementContentAsString()); } OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString();