XmlReader.CanReadBinaryContent Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlReader.cs

Gets a value indicating whether the XmlReader implements the binary content read methods.

public:
 virtual property bool CanReadBinaryContent { bool get(); };

public virtual bool CanReadBinaryContent { get; }

member this.CanReadBinaryContent : bool

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property CanReadBinaryContent As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if the binary content read methods are implemented; otherwise false.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

An XmlReader method was called before a previous asynchronous operation finished. In this case, InvalidOperationException is thrown with the message "An asynchronous operation is already in progress."

Remarks

The binary content read methods include the ReadContentAsBase64, ReadContentAsBinHex, ReadElementContentAsBase64, and ReadElementContentAsBinHex methods. If this property returns false a NotSupportedException is returned when any of the binary read methods is called.

All Microsoft .NET Framework implementations of the XmlReader class return true for this property.