public void parse(string url) { int buflen = 500; char[] buffer = new char[buflen]; Stack nsstack = new Stack(); Locator locator = new Locator(); SAXParseException saxException = new SAXParseException(); Attributes atts; XmlTextReader reader = null; try { reader = new XmlTextReader(url); object nsuri = reader.NameTable.Add("http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/"); Handler.startDocument(); while (reader.Read()) { int len; string prefix; locator.LineNumber = reader.LineNumber; locator.ColumnNumber = reader.LinePosition; Handler.setDocumentLocator(locator); switch (reader.NodeType) { case XmlNodeType.Element: nsstack.Push(null); //marker atts = new Attributes(); while (reader.MoveToNextAttribute()) { if (reader.NamespaceURI.Equals(nsuri)) { prefix = ""; if (reader.Prefix == "xmlns") { prefix = reader.LocalName; } nsstack.Push(prefix); Handler.startPrefixMapping(prefix, reader.Value); } else { SaxAttribute newAtt = new SaxAttribute(); newAtt.Name = reader.Name; newAtt.NamespaceURI = reader.NamespaceURI; newAtt.Value = reader.Value; atts.attArray.Add(newAtt); } } reader.MoveToElement(); Handler.startElement(reader.NamespaceURI, reader.LocalName, reader.Name, atts.TrimArray()); if (reader.IsEmptyElement) { Handler.endElement(reader.NamespaceURI, reader.LocalName, reader.Name); } break; case XmlNodeType.EndElement: Handler.endElement(reader.NamespaceURI, reader.LocalName, reader.Name); prefix = (string)nsstack.Pop(); while (prefix != null) { Handler.endPrefixMapping(prefix); prefix = (string)nsstack.Pop(); } break; case XmlNodeType.Text: while ((len = reader.ReadChars(buffer, 0, buflen)) > 0) { Handler.characters(buffer, 0, len); } //After read your are automatically put on the next tag so you //have to call the proper case from here or it won't work correctly. if (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element) { goto case XmlNodeType.Element; } if (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.EndElement) { goto case XmlNodeType.EndElement; } break; case XmlNodeType.ProcessingInstruction: Handler.processingInstruction(reader.Name, reader.Value); break; case XmlNodeType.Whitespace: char[] whiteSpace = reader.Value.ToCharArray(); Handler.ignorableWhitespace(whiteSpace, 0, 1); break; case XmlNodeType.Entity: Handler.skippedEntity(reader.Name); break; } } Handler.endDocument(); } //try catch (Exception exception) { saxException.LineNumber = reader.LineNumber.ToString(); saxException.SystemID = ""; saxException.Message = exception.GetBaseException().ToString(); errorHandler.error(saxException); } finally { if (reader.ReadState != ReadState.Closed) { reader.Close(); } } }