I have some simple HTML I'm trying to read with the XMLTextReader. As in the
MSDS examples, I set up a loop to read each XML node:
while (reader.Read())
{
switch (reader.NodeTyp e)
{
case XmlNodeType.Ele ment:
Console.WriteLi ne("<{0}>", reader.Name);
break;
case XmlNodeType.Tex t:
Console.WriteLi ne(reader.Value );
break;
case XmlNodeType.Att ribute:
Console.WriteLi ne(reader.Value );
break;
default:
Console.WriteLi ne(reader.NodeT ype);
break;
}
}
The reader moves along fine until it attempts to read the </head> node. in
this html:
<html>
<head>
<title>Sir</title>
<meta name="Author" content="Bar01" >
<meta name="Descripti on" content="Instru ctions">
<link href="css/results.css" media="SCREEN" rel="StyleSheet "
type="text/css" />
</head>
The error is:
System.Xml.XmlE xception: The 'meta' start tag on line '5' does
not match the end tag of 'head'. Line 7, position 4.
at System.Xml.XmlT extReader.Parse Tag()
at System.Xml.XmlT extReader.Parse BeginTagExpandC harEntities()
at System.Xml.XmlT extReader.Read( )
at PIDProvider.Ana lyze.PIDrefs() in c:\vdev2\PID\An alysis.cs:line 29
What does that exception mean?
Am I missing something? Am I wrong to assume that I can read the HTML with
the XMLTextReader?
Thanks
Mitch
2  5593 
Mitch wrote: I have some simple HTML I'm trying to read with the XMLTextReader. As in the
MSDS examples, I set up a loop to read each XML node:
The reader moves along fine until it attempts to read the </head> node. in
this html:
<html>
<head>
<title>Sir</title>
<meta name="Author" content="Bar01" >
<meta name="Descripti on" content="Instru ctions">
<link href="css/results.css" media="SCREEN" rel="StyleSheet "
type="text/css" />
</head>
The error is:
System.Xml.XmlE xception: The 'meta' start tag on line '5' does
not match the end tag of 'head'. Line 7, position 4.
at System.Xml.XmlT extReader.Parse Tag()
at System.Xml.XmlT extReader.Parse BeginTagExpandC harEntities()
at System.Xml.XmlT extReader.Read( )
at PIDProvider.Ana lyze.PIDrefs() in c:\vdev2\PID\An alysis.cs:line 29
What does that exception mean?
Am I missing something? Am I wrong to assume that I can read the HTML with
the XMLTextReader?
Yes, completely wrong, HTML is an SGML application and you can't parse
HTML with an XML parser unless you author XHTML.
If you want to read HTML there is an SGML reader implementation in .NET
around, google for it.
--
Martin Honnen http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/
Thanks Martin. I also found something called Tidy HTML that converts HTML to
be well formed XML. In the end though, I decided to just use regex to find
the stuff I need because I'm really not interested in the over node
structure.
Mitch
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Mitch wrote:
I have some simple HTML I'm trying to read with the XMLTextReader. As in
the MSDS examples, I set up a loop to read each XML node:
The reader moves along fine until it attempts to read the </head> node.
in this html:
<html>
<head>
<title>Sir</title>
<meta name="Author" content="Bar01" >
<meta name="Descripti on" content="Instru ctions">
<link href="css/results.css" media="SCREEN" rel="StyleSheet "
type="text/css" />
</head>
The error is:
System.Xml.XmlE xception: The 'meta' start tag on line '5' does
not match the end tag of 'head'. Line 7, position 4.
at System.Xml.XmlT extReader.Parse Tag()
at System.Xml.XmlT extReader.Parse BeginTagExpandC harEntities()
at System.Xml.XmlT extReader.Read( )
at PIDProvider.Ana lyze.PIDrefs() in c:\vdev2\PID\An alysis.cs:line 29
What does that exception mean?
Am I missing something? Am I wrong to assume that I can read the HTML
with the XMLTextReader?
Yes, completely wrong, HTML is an SGML application and you can't parse
HTML with an XML parser unless you author XHTML.
If you want to read HTML there is an SGML reader implementation in .NET
around, google for it.
--
Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/
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