Atom10FeedFormatter.CanRead(XmlReader) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.ServiceModel.Syndication

Assembly:

System.ServiceModel.Syndication.dll

Package:

System.ServiceModel.Syndication v8.0.0

Source:

Atom10FeedFormatter.cs

Verifies whether the specified XmlReader contains a valid Atom 1.0 syndication feed.

public:
 override bool CanRead(System::Xml::XmlReader ^ reader);

public override bool CanRead (System.Xml.XmlReader reader);

override this.CanRead : System.Xml.XmlReader -> bool

Public Overrides Function CanRead (reader As XmlReader) As Boolean

Parameters

reader

XmlReader

The XmlReader to read from.

Returns

Boolean

A value that specifies whether the XmlReader contains a valid Atom 1.0 syndication feed.

Examples

The following code shows how to use the CanRead(XmlReader) method.

Atom10FeedFormatter feedFormatter = new Atom10FeedFormatter();
XmlReader atomReader = XmlReader.Create("http://Contoso/Feeds/MyFeed");
if (feedFormatter.CanRead(atomReader))
{
    feedFormatter.ReadFrom(atomReader);
    atomReader.Close();
}

Dim feedFormatter As New Atom10FeedFormatter()
Dim atomReader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create("http://Contoso/Feeds/MyFeed")
If feedFormatter.CanRead(atomReader) Then
    feedFormatter.ReadFrom(atomReader)
    atomReader.Close()
End If

Remarks

This method does not advance the reader to beyond the start element.