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();
}
}
}