XmlValidatingReader.MoveToElement Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlValidatingReader.cs

Moves to the element that contains the current attribute node.

public:
 override bool MoveToElement();

public override bool MoveToElement ();

override this.MoveToElement : unit -> bool

Public Overrides Function MoveToElement () As Boolean

Returns

Boolean

true if the reader is positioned on an attribute (the reader moves to the element that owns the attribute); false if the reader is not positioned on an attribute (the position of the reader does not change).

Examples

The following example reads all the elements on the root node.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   XmlValidatingReader^ reader = nullptr;
   try
   {
      
      //Create the string to parse.
      String^ xmlFrag = "<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861003-78' pubdate='1987'></book> ";
      
      //Create the XmlNamespaceManager.
      NameTable^ nt = gcnew NameTable;
      XmlNamespaceManager^ nsmgr = gcnew XmlNamespaceManager( nt );
      
      //Create the XmlParserContext.
      XmlParserContext^ context = gcnew XmlParserContext( nullptr,nsmgr,nullptr,XmlSpace::None );
      
      //Create the XmlValidatingReader .
      reader = gcnew XmlValidatingReader( xmlFrag,XmlNodeType::Element,context );
      
      //Read the attributes on the root element.
      reader->MoveToContent();
      if ( reader->HasAttributes )
      {
         for ( int i = 0; i < reader->AttributeCount; i++ )
         {
            reader->MoveToAttribute( i );
            Console::WriteLine( "{0} = {1}", reader->Name, reader->Value );

         }
         reader->MoveToElement();
      }
   }
   finally
   {
      if ( reader != nullptr )
            reader->Close();
   }

}

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

public class Sample
{
  public static void Main()
  {
    XmlValidatingReader reader = null;

    try
    {
       //Create the string to parse.
       string xmlFrag="<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861003-78' pubdate='1987'></book> ";

       //Create the XmlNamespaceManager.
       NameTable nt = new NameTable();
       XmlNamespaceManager nsmgr = new XmlNamespaceManager(nt);

       //Create the XmlParserContext.
       XmlParserContext context = new XmlParserContext(null, nsmgr, null, XmlSpace.None);

       //Create the XmlValidatingReader .
       reader = new XmlValidatingReader(xmlFrag, XmlNodeType.Element, context);

       //Read the attributes on the root element.
       reader.MoveToContent();
       if (reader.HasAttributes){
         for (int i=0; i<reader.AttributeCount; i++){
            reader.MoveToAttribute(i);
            Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", reader.Name, reader.Value);
         }
         //Move the reader back to the node that owns the attribute.
         reader.MoveToElement();
       }
     }

     finally
     {
        if (reader != null)
          reader.Close();
      }
  }
} // End class

Option Strict
Option Explicit

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim reader As XmlValidatingReader = Nothing
        
        Try
            'Create the string to parse.
            Dim xmlFrag As String = "<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861003-78' pubdate='1987'></book> "
            
            'Create the XmlNamespaceManager.
            Dim nt As New NameTable()
            Dim nsmgr As New XmlNamespaceManager(nt)
            
            'Create the XmlParserContext.
            Dim context As New XmlParserContext(Nothing, nsmgr, Nothing, XmlSpace.None)
            
            'Create the XmlValidatingReader .
            reader = New XmlValidatingReader(xmlFrag, XmlNodeType.Element, context)
            
            'Read the attributes on the root element.
            reader.MoveToContent()
            If reader.HasAttributes Then
                Dim i As Integer
                For i = 0 To reader.AttributeCount - 1
                    reader.MoveToAttribute(i)
                    Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", reader.Name, reader.Value)
                Next i
                'Move the reader back to the node that owns the attribute.
                reader.MoveToElement()
            End If
        
        
        Finally
            If Not (reader Is Nothing) Then
                reader.Close()
            End If
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

Note

The XmlValidatingReader class is obsolete in .NET Framework 2.0. You can create a validating XmlReader instance by using the XmlReaderSettings class and the Create method. For more information, see the Remarks section of the XmlReader reference page.

Use this method to return to an element after navigating through its attributes. This method moves the reader to one of the following node types: Element, DocumentType, or XmlDeclaration.

See also

• XmlReader