Mono Class Library: System.Xml.XmlReader Overview | Members

System.Xml.XmlReader.MoveToContent Method

Determines whether the current node can contain content and, if not, moves the position of the current instance to the next content node or the end of the input stream. [Edit]

public virtual XmlNodeType MoveToContent ()

Returns

The System.Xml.XmlNodeType of the content node, or XmlNodeType.None if the position of the reader has reached the end of the input stream. [Edit]

Exceptions

TypeReason
System.Xml.XmlExceptionAn error occurred while parsing the XML. [Edit]

Remarks

Note: The following members of System.Xml.XmlNodeType can contain content: Attribute, CDATA, Element, EndElement, EntityReference, EndEntity, and Text.

Operation
As described above.

If the current node is an Attribute node, this method moves the position of the reader back to the Element node that owns the attribute.

Note to Inheritors
Override this method to customize the behavior of this method in types derived from the System.Xml.XmlReader class.

Usage
Use this method to determine whether the current node can contain content and, if not, move the position of the reader to the next content node.

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Requirements

Namespace: System.Xml
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0