XmlNodeReader.MoveToNextAttribute Method

Definition

Moves to the next attribute.

public:
 override bool MoveToNextAttribute();
public override bool MoveToNextAttribute ();
override this.MoveToNextAttribute : unit -> bool
Public Overrides Function MoveToNextAttribute () As Boolean

Returns

true if there is a next attribute; false if there are no more attributes.

Examples

The following example reads a book.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   XmlNodeReader^ reader = nullptr;
   try
   {
      
      //Create and load the XML document.
      XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
      doc->LoadXml( "<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861003-78'> "
      "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>"
      "<price>19.95</price>"
      "</book>" );
      
      //Load the XmlNodeReader 
      reader = gcnew XmlNodeReader( doc );
      
      //Read the attributes on the book element.
      reader->MoveToContent();
      while ( reader->MoveToNextAttribute() )
      {
         Console::WriteLine( "{0} = {1}", reader->Name, reader->Value );
      }
      
      //Move the reader to the title element.
      reader->Read();
      
      //Read the title and price elements.
      Console::WriteLine( reader->ReadElementString() );
      Console::WriteLine( reader->ReadElementString() );
   }
   finally
   {
      if ( reader != nullptr )
            reader->Close();
   }

}
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample
{
  public static void Main()
  {
    XmlNodeReader reader = null;

    try
    {
       //Create and load the XML document.
       XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
       doc.LoadXml("<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861003-78'> " +
                   "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" +
                   "<price>19.95</price>" +
                   "</book>");

       //Load the XmlNodeReader
       reader = new XmlNodeReader(doc);

       //Read the attributes on the book element.
       reader.MoveToContent();
       while (reader.MoveToNextAttribute())
       {
         Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", reader.Name, reader.Value);
       }

       //Move the reader to the title element.
       reader.Read();

       //Read the title and price elements.
       Console.WriteLine(reader.ReadElementString());
       Console.WriteLine(reader.ReadElementString());
     }

     finally
     {
        if (reader != null)
          reader.Close();
      }
  }
} // End class
Option Explicit
Option Strict

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim reader As XmlNodeReader = Nothing
        
        Try
            'Create and load the XML document.
            Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
            doc.LoadXml("<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861003-78'> " & _
                       "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" & _
                       "<price>19.95</price>" & _
                       "</book>")
            
            'Load the XmlNodeReader 
            reader = New XmlNodeReader(doc)
            
            'Read the attributes on the book element.
            reader.MoveToContent()
            While reader.MoveToNextAttribute()
                Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", reader.Name, reader.Value)
            End While
            
            'Move the reader to the title element.
            reader.Read()
            
            'Read the title and price elements.
            Console.WriteLine(reader.ReadElementString())
            Console.WriteLine(reader.ReadElementString())
        
        Finally
            If Not (reader Is Nothing) Then
                reader.Close()
            End If
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

Note

In the .NET Framework 2.0, the recommended practice is to create XmlReader instances using the XmlReaderSettings class and the Create method. This allows you to take full advantage of all the new features introduced in the .NET Framework. For more information, see the Remarks section in the XmlReader reference page.

If the current node is not an attribute node, this method is equivalent to MoveToFirstAttribute. If MoveToNextAttribute returns true, the reader moves to the next attribute; otherwise, the position of the reader does not change.

Applies to