No XmlNodeType for an EmptyElement with Attribute

Question posted by: dickster (Guest) on November 12th, 2005 05:08 AM

I have a MemoryStream of XML in which I wish to strip out the
namespaces and some other attributes and then write this revised Stream
to a new MemoryStream

Everything works grand in the code below expect when myReader comes
across an element like:
<xxx id="1"/>
i.e. an empty element with attributes

I think myReader.IsEmptyElement is no use in this instance as there is
an attribute in the "EmptyElement"

Heres the guts of the code:
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Dim myReader As New XmlTextReader(p_Stream)
'Where p_Stream is the original MemoryStream of XML
'Where outputStream is the target MemoryStream of XML
Dim myWriter As New XmlTextWriter(outputStream, Encoding.UTF8)

While myReader.Read
Select Case myReader.NodeType
Case XmlNodeType.Element

' in here i check if there are attributes
' & strip out the ones i dont wont using
' myReader.MoveToNextAttribute &
' WriteAttributeString where appropriate.
' <xxx id="1"/> is caught in here
' but the associated end element is
' never moved to by myReader.Read
' - so eventually the xml is badly formed

Case XmlNodeType.EndElement
myWriter.WriteEndElement()
Case XmlNodeType.Text
myWriter.WriteString(myReader.Value)
Case XmlNodeType.SignificantWhitespace
myWriter.WriteString(myReader.Value)
Case XmlNodeType.XmlDeclaration
myWriter.WriteStartDocument()
Case Else
'Do nothing
End Select
End While

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Perhaps there is a better way to go about this altogether.
I'm open to all options.

Dickster

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