XmlReader, no ReadToEnd

[Mr Flibble]

Is there a way to avoid

With an object of type XmlReader is it possible to avoid

while (reader.Read())
{
//
}

i.e. read the Xml Document all in one go?

[Marc Gravell]

You can use ReadInnerXml() and ReadOuterXml() to read the contents of
the context node as a string; if you call this at the top of the doc
then you will get everything...

Alternatively, if you want to fill an XmlDocument, you can use
Load(reader) on the XmlDocument.

Either way, it does ather make using XmlReader rather pointless,
however...

If you just want to read past the data (without returning it), then use
Skip() on the reader

Was it something specific you were trying to do? (there may be better
ways)

Marc

[Mr Flibble]

* Marc Gravell wrote:

You can use ReadInnerXml() and ReadOuterXml() to read the contents of
the context node as a string; if you call this at the top of the doc
then you will get everything...

Alternatively, if you want to fill an XmlDocument, you can use
Load(reader) on the XmlDocument.

Either way, it does ather make using XmlReader rather pointless,
however...

If you just want to read past the data (without returning it), then use
Skip() on the reader

Was it something specific you were trying to do? (there may be better
ways)

Marc

I want to read the XML in a ValidateXml function, because I have a
ValidateEventHandler that will run in the event of a problem with the
XML compared to its schema. So I just want the quickest way of reading
through my XmlReader.

[Marc Gravell]

Personally, I'd give Skip() a try... I haven't tested, but I believe
that internaly this does pretty much what you want. You would need to
test it with some deliberately malformed xml, of course.

Marc