Using the XmlWriter

The XmlWriter class writes XML data to a stream, file, TextReader, or string.

The XmlWriter class writes XML data to a stream, file, TextReader, or string. It provides a means of creating well-formed XML data in a forward-only, write-only, non-cached manner. The XmlWriter class supports the W3C XML 1.0 and Namespaces in XML recommendations. This section discusses how to create an XmlWriter instance with a specified set of features, data conformance checking, writing typed data, and so on.

In This Section

• Creating XML Writers
  Discusses how to create writers using the XmlWriter.Create method.

• Data Conformance and the XmlWriter
  Describes data conformance checks that can be set on the XmlWriter class.

• Namespace Handling in the XmlWriter
  Discusses the namespace features on the XmlWriter class.

• Writing Typed Data
  Discusses how to write typed data.

• Writing Attributes
  Describes the methods available for writing attributes.

• Writing Elements
  Describes the methods available for writing elements.

• Write XML Using the XmlTextWriter
  Discusses how to use the XmlTextWriter class.

  Note

  In the Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0, we recommend creating XmlWriter objects using the Create method.

Related Sections

• XML Documents and Data
  Provides an overview to a comprehensive and integrated set of classes that work with XML documents and data in the .NET Framework.