XmlReader « XmlReader « XML

XmlReader is a high-performance class for reading an XML stream in a low-level, forward-only manner.

 

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
    <customer id="123" status="archived">
        <firstname>Jack</firstname>
        <lastname>Smith</lastname>
    </customer>


using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
        settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true;

        using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create("customer.xml", settings))
            while (reader.Read())
            {
                Console.Write(new string(' ', reader.Depth * 2));  // Write indentation
                Console.WriteLine(reader.NodeType);
            }
    }
}


XmlDeclaration
Element
  Element
    Text
  EndElement
  Element
    Text
  EndElement
EndElement