XmlReader is a high-performance class for reading an XML stream in a low-level, forward-only manner.
Consider the following XML file:
Jack
Smith
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true;
using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create("customer.xml", settings))
while (reader.Read())
{
Console.Write(new string(' ', reader.Depth * 2)); // Write indentation
Console.WriteLine(reader.NodeType);
}
}
}
The output:
XmlDeclaration
Element
Element
Text
EndElement
Element
Text
EndElement
EndElement
To construct an XmlReader that reads from a string:
XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create (new System.IO.StringReader (myString));