how to check if xml document is blank or has values

Hi
How to check xml document is blank or has values before xml.load(test.xml) ?
Im using the following code :

XmlDocument xml = new XmlDocument();
xml.Load("test.xml");

it throws the following error when the xml document is blank :
"Root element is missing."

thanks

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