XmlUrlResolver.GetEntity(Uri, String, Type) Method

Definition

Maps a URI to an object that contains the actual resource.

C#
public override object? GetEntity (Uri absoluteUri, string? role, Type? ofObjectToReturn);
C#
public override object GetEntity (Uri absoluteUri, string role, Type ofObjectToReturn);

Parameters

absoluteUri
Uri

The URI returned from ResolveUri(Uri, String).

role
String

Currently not used.

ofObjectToReturn
Type

The type of object to return. The current implementation only returns Stream objects.

Returns

A stream object or null if a type other than stream is specified.

Exceptions

ofObjectToReturn is neither null nor a Stream type.

The specified URI is not an absolute URI.

absoluteUri is null.

There is a runtime error (for example, an interrupted server connection).

Examples

The following example demonstrates the GetEntity and ResolveUri methods.

C#
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

 public class Sample
 {

   public static void Main()
   {
       XmlUrlResolver resolver = new XmlUrlResolver();

       Uri baseUri = new Uri ("http://servername/tmp/test.xsl");

       Uri fulluri=resolver.ResolveUri(baseUri, "includefile.xsl");

       // Get a stream object containing the XSL file
       Stream s=(Stream)resolver.GetEntity(fulluri, null, typeof(Stream));

       // Read the stream object displaying the contents of the XSL file
       XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(s);
       while (reader.Read())
       {
          Console.WriteLine(reader.ReadOuterXml());
       }
   }
}

Remarks

This method is used when the caller wants to map a given URI to an object that contains the resource that the URI represents.

For the asynchronous version of this method, see GetEntityAsync.

Important

Your application can mitigate memory denial of service threats to the GetEntity method by implementing IStream IStream to limit the number of bytes read. This helps guard against situations where malicious code attempts to pass an infinite stream of bytes to the GetEntity method.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1

See also