Example #1
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    public static void Main()
    {
        XmlValidatingReader reader    = null;
        XmlTextReader       txtreader = null;

        try
        {
            //Create and load the XmlTextReader with the XML file.
            txtreader = new XmlTextReader("book1.xml");
            txtreader.WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling.None;

            //Create the XmlValidatingReader over the XmlTextReader.
            //Set the reader to not expand general entities.
            reader = new XmlValidatingReader(txtreader);
            reader.ValidationType = ValidationType.None;
            reader.EntityHandling = EntityHandling.ExpandCharEntities;

            reader.MoveToContent(); //Move to the root element.
            reader.Read();          //Move to title start tag.
            reader.Skip();          //Skip the title element.

            //Read the misc start tag.  The reader is now positioned on
            //the entity reference node.
            reader.ReadStartElement();

            //Because EntityHandling is set to ExpandCharEntities, you must call
            //ResolveEntity to expand the entity.  The entity replacement text is
            //then parsed and returned as a child node.
            Console.WriteLine("Expand the entity...");
            reader.ResolveEntity();

            Console.WriteLine("The entity replacement text is returned as a text node.");
            reader.Read();
            Console.WriteLine("NodeType: {0} Value: {1}", reader.NodeType, reader.Value);

            Console.WriteLine("An EndEntity node closes the entity reference scope.");
            reader.Read();
            Console.WriteLine("NodeType: {0} Name: {1}", reader.NodeType, reader.Name);
        }
        finally
        {
            if (reader != null)
            {
                reader.Close();
            }
        }
    }