EntityHandling Enum

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Specifies how the XmlTextReader or XmlValidatingReader handle entities.

public enum class EntityHandling

public enum EntityHandling

type EntityHandling = 

Public Enum EntityHandling

Inheritance

Object

ValueType

Enum

EntityHandling

Fields

Name	Value	Description
ExpandEntities	1	Expands all entities and returns the expanded nodes. EntityReference nodes are not returned. The entity text is expanded in place of the entity references.
ExpandCharEntities	2	Expands character entities and returns general entities as EntityReference nodes. You must call ResolveEntity to see what the general entities expand to. This enables you to optimize entity handling by only expanding the entity the first time it is used. When set to ExpandCharEntities, a reader call to the GetAttribute method expands all entities (both general and character entities).

See also

• EntityHandling