Option Strict
Option Explicit
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml
Public Class Sample
Private Const filename As String = "items.xml"
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim reader As XmlTextReader = Nothing
Try
reader = New XmlTextReader(filename)
reader.WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling.None
While reader.Read()
Select Case reader.NodeType
Case XmlNodeType.Element
Console.Write("<{0}>", reader.Name)
Case XmlNodeType.Text
Console.Write(reader.Value)
Case XmlNodeType.ProcessingInstruction
Console.Write("", reader.Name, reader.Value)
Case XmlNodeType.Comment
Console.Write("", reader.Value)
Case XmlNodeType.XmlDeclaration
Console.Write("")
Case XmlNodeType.Document
Case XmlNodeType.DocumentType
Console.Write(" Case XmlNodeType.EntityReference
Console.Write(reader.Name)
Case XmlNodeType.EndElement
Console.Write("", reader.Name)
End Select
End While
Finally
If Not (reader Is Nothing) Then
reader.Close()
End If
End Try
End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Sample