XmlReaderSettings Constructors

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Initializes a new instance of the XmlReaderSettings class.

Overloads

XmlReaderSettings()

Initializes a new instance of the XmlReaderSettings class.

XmlReaderSettings()

Source:

XmlReaderSettings.cs

Initializes a new instance of the XmlReaderSettings class.

C#

public XmlReaderSettings();

Examples

The following creates a settings object that can be used to construct a reader that strips processing instructions, comments, and insignificant white space.

C#

// Set the reader settings.
XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
settings.IgnoreComments = true;
settings.IgnoreProcessingInstructions = true;
settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true;

Remarks

The following table shows initial property values for an instance of XmlReaderSettings.

Property	Initial value
Async	false.
CheckCharacters	true.
CloseInput	false.
ConformanceLevel	Document.
DtdProcessing	Prohibit
IgnoreComments	false.
IgnoreProcessingInstructions	false.
IgnoreWhitespace	false.
LineNumberOffset	0.
LinePositionOffset	0.
MaxCharactersFromEntities	0 (there is no limit on the number of characters that result from expanding entities).
MaxCharactersInDocument	0 (there is no limit on the size of the XML document).
NameTable	null.
ProhibitDtd	true. This property is obsolete. Use DtdProcessing instead. If you had set ProhibitDtd to its default value true set DtdProcessing to Prohibit. If you had set ProhibitDtd to false set DtdProcessing to Parse.
Schemas	An empty XmlSchemaSet object.
ValidationFlags	ProcessIdentityConstraints.
ValidationType	None.
XmlResolver	A new XmlUrlResolver object.

See also

• XmlReader
• Create(String)