[Solved] combined start and end tags with XmlTextReader

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While it's not valid XHTML, lots of XML still use the <foo> construct. But when I use XmlTextReader to read this element, I get a nodetype of Element, with no indication that it's also and EndElement. Is there any way to deal with this?

UPDATE from OP:
You can check reader.IsEmptyElement, and if it's a self-closing tag it's true, false otherwise.

Posted 27-Jul-10 13:50pm

danhi

Updated 27-Jul-10 18:31pm

Sandeep Mewara

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Christian Graus · Answer 1 · 2010-07-27T14:05:00

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Internally, I don't think that it is, I think that it still seperates it so the next node is the end node.

Posted 27-Jul-10 14:05pm

Christian Graus

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[no name] 27-Jul-10 20:38pm

Not sure what you mean. If the text is <foo> and you use xmltextreader.read, you get an entry with nodetype element, and the next read takes you to the next statement.

[no name] 27-Jul-10 20:39pm

Sorry, it seems to be eating my xml. the item is and element with a / at the end specifying that it's a self contained element.

danhi · Answer 2 · 2010-07-27T15:29:00

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OK, I found the answer. You can check reader.IsEmptyElement, and if it's a self-closing tag it's true, false otherwise.

Posted 27-Jul-10 15:29pm

danhi