XmlTextWriter.WriteDocType(String, String, String, String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlTextWriter.cs

Writes the DOCTYPE declaration with the specified name and optional attributes.

public:
 override void WriteDocType(System::String ^ name, System::String ^ pubid, System::String ^ sysid, System::String ^ subset);

public override void WriteDocType (string name, string? pubid, string? sysid, string? subset);

override this.WriteDocType : string * string * string * string -> unit

Public Overrides Sub WriteDocType (name As String, pubid As String, sysid As String, subset As String)

Parameters

name

String

The name of the DOCTYPE. This must be non-empty.

pubid

String

If non-null it also writes PUBLIC "pubid" "sysid" where pubid and sysid are replaced with the value of the given arguments.

sysid

String

If pubid is null and sysid is non-null it writes SYSTEM "sysid" where sysid is replaced with the value of this argument.

subset

String

If non-null it writes [subset] where subset is replaced with the value of this argument.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

This method was called outside the prolog (after the root element).

ArgumentException

name is null or String.Empty

-or-

the value for name would result in invalid XML.

Examples

The following example writes an XML file representing a book.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   XmlTextWriter^ writer = nullptr;
   String^ filename = "sampledata.xml";
   writer = gcnew XmlTextWriter( filename, nullptr );
   
   //Use indenting for readability.
   writer->Formatting = Formatting::Indented;
   
   //Write the XML delcaration. 
   writer->WriteStartDocument();
   
   //Write the ProcessingInstruction node.
   String^ PItext = "type='text/xsl' href='book.xsl'";
   writer->WriteProcessingInstruction( "xml-stylesheet", PItext );
   
   //Write the DocumentType node.
   writer->WriteDocType( "book", nullptr, nullptr, "<!ENTITY h 'hardcover'>" );
   
   //Write a Comment node.
   writer->WriteComment( "sample XML" );
   
   //Write a root element.
   writer->WriteStartElement( "book" );
   
   //Write the genre attribute.
   writer->WriteAttributeString( "genre", "novel" );
   
   //Write the ISBN attribute.
   writer->WriteAttributeString( "ISBN", "1-8630-014" );
   
   //Write the title.
   writer->WriteElementString( "title", "The Handmaid's Tale" );
   
   //Write the style element.
   writer->WriteStartElement( "style" );
   writer->WriteEntityRef( "h" );
   writer->WriteEndElement();
   
   //Write the price.
   writer->WriteElementString( "price", "19.95" );
   
   //Write CDATA.
   writer->WriteCData( "Prices 15% off!!" );
   
   //Write the close tag for the root element.
   writer->WriteEndElement();
   writer->WriteEndDocument();
   
   //Write the XML to file and close the writer.
   writer->Flush();
   writer->Close();
   
   //Load the file into an XmlDocument to ensure well formed XML.
   XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
   
   //Preserve white space for readability.
   doc->PreserveWhitespace = true;
   
   //Load the file.
   doc->Load( filename );
   
   //Display the XML content to the console.
   Console::Write( doc->InnerXml );
}

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample
{
  private const string filename = "sampledata.xml";

  public static void Main()
  {
     XmlTextWriter writer = null;

     writer = new XmlTextWriter (filename, null);
     //Use indenting for readability.
     writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;

     //Write the XML delcaration.
     writer.WriteStartDocument();

     //Write the ProcessingInstruction node.
     String PItext="type='text/xsl' href='book.xsl'";
     writer.WriteProcessingInstruction("xml-stylesheet", PItext);

     //Write the DocumentType node.
     writer.WriteDocType("book", null , null, "<!ENTITY h 'hardcover'>");

     //Write a Comment node.
     writer.WriteComment("sample XML");

     //Write a root element.
     writer.WriteStartElement("book");

     //Write the genre attribute.
     writer.WriteAttributeString("genre", "novel");

     //Write the ISBN attribute.
     writer.WriteAttributeString("ISBN", "1-8630-014");

     //Write the title.
     writer.WriteElementString("title", "The Handmaid's Tale");

     //Write the style element.
     writer.WriteStartElement("style");
     writer.WriteEntityRef("h");
     writer.WriteEndElement();

     //Write the price.
     writer.WriteElementString("price", "19.95");

     //Write CDATA.
     writer.WriteCData("Prices 15% off!!");

     //Write the close tag for the root element.
     writer.WriteEndElement();

     writer.WriteEndDocument();

     //Write the XML to file and close the writer.
     writer.Flush();
     writer.Close();

     //Load the file into an XmlDocument to ensure well formed XML.
     XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
     //Preserve white space for readability.
     doc.PreserveWhitespace = true;
     //Load the file.
     doc.Load(filename);

     //Display the XML content to the console.
     Console.Write(doc.InnerXml);
  }
}

Option Explicit
Option Strict

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
    Private Shared filename As String = "sampledata.xml"
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim writer As XmlTextWriter = Nothing
        
        writer = New XmlTextWriter(filename, Nothing)
        'Use indenting for readability.
        writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented
        
        'Write the XML delcaration. 
        writer.WriteStartDocument()
        
        'Write the ProcessingInstruction node.
        Dim PItext As String = "type='text/xsl' href='book.xsl'"
        writer.WriteProcessingInstruction("xml-stylesheet", PItext)
        
        'Write the DocumentType node.
        writer.WriteDocType("book", Nothing, Nothing, "<!ENTITY h 'hardcover'>")
        
        'Write a Comment node.
        writer.WriteComment("sample XML")
        
        'Write a root element.
        writer.WriteStartElement("book")
        
        'Write the genre attribute.
        writer.WriteAttributeString("genre", "novel")
        
        'Write the ISBN attribute.
        writer.WriteAttributeString("ISBN", "1-8630-014")
        
        'Write the title.
        writer.WriteElementString("title", "The Handmaid's Tale")
        
        'Write the style element.
        writer.WriteStartElement("style")
        writer.WriteEntityRef("h")
        writer.WriteEndElement()
        
        'Write the price.
        writer.WriteElementString("price", "19.95")
        
        'Write CDATA.
        writer.WriteCData("Prices 15% off!!")
        
        'Write the close tag for the root element.
        writer.WriteEndElement()
        
        writer.WriteEndDocument()
        
        'Write the XML to file and close the writer.
        writer.Flush()
        writer.Close()
        
        'Load the file into an XmlDocument to ensure well formed XML.
        Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
        'Preserve white space for readability.
        doc.PreserveWhitespace = True
        'Load the file.
        doc.Load(filename)
        
        'Display the XML content to the console.
        Console.Write(doc.InnerXml)
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

Note

Starting with the .NET Framework 2.0, we recommend that you create XmlWriter instances by using the XmlWriter.Create method and the XmlWriterSettings class to take advantage of new functionality.

This method does not check for invalid characters in pubid, sysid or subset. It also does not check that the internal subset is well-formed.

Important

The XmlTextWriter does not validate any data that is passed to the WriteDocType method. You should not pass arbitrary data to this method.