XmlTextReader.HasValue Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlTextReader.cs

Gets a value indicating whether the current node can have a Value other than String.Empty.

public:
 virtual property bool HasValue { bool get(); };

public override bool HasValue { get; }

member this.HasValue : bool

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property HasValue As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if the node on which the reader is currently positioned can have a Value; otherwise, false.

Examples

The following example displays the value for every node that can have a value.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   XmlTextReader^ reader = nullptr;
   try
   {
      
      //Load the reader with the XML file.
      reader = gcnew XmlTextReader( "book1.xml" );
      reader->WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling::None;
      
      //Parse the file and display each node.
      while ( reader->Read() )
      {
         if ( reader->HasValue )
                  Console::WriteLine( "({0})  {1}={2}", reader->NodeType, reader->Name, reader->Value );
         else
                  Console::WriteLine( "({0}) {1}", reader->NodeType, reader->Name );
      }
   }
   finally
   {
      if ( reader != nullptr )
            reader->Close();
   }

}

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

public class Sample
{

  public static void Main()
  {
    XmlTextReader reader = null;

    try
    {
        //Load the reader with the XML file.
        reader = new XmlTextReader("book1.xml");
        reader.WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling.None;

        //Parse the file and display each node.
        while (reader.Read())
        {
           if (reader.HasValue)
             Console.WriteLine("({0})  {1}={2}", reader.NodeType, reader.Name, reader.Value);
           else
             Console.WriteLine("({0}) {1}", reader.NodeType, reader.Name);
         }
     }

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

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim reader As XmlTextReader = Nothing
        
        Try
            'Load the reader with the XML file.
            reader = New XmlTextReader("book1.xml")
            reader.WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling.None
            
            'Parse the file and display each node.
            While reader.Read()
                If reader.HasValue Then
                    Console.WriteLine("({0})  {1}={2}", reader.NodeType, reader.Name, reader.Value)
                Else
                    Console.WriteLine("({0}) {1}", reader.NodeType, reader.Name)
                End If
            End While
        
        Finally
            If Not (reader Is Nothing) Then
                reader.Close()
            End If
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

The example uses the file, book1.xml, as input.

<?xml version='1.0' ?>
<!DOCTYPE book [<!ENTITY h 'hardcover'>]>
<book>
  <title>Pride And Prejudice</title>
  <misc>&h;</misc>
</book>

Remarks

Note

Starting with the .NET Framework 2.0, we recommend that you create XmlReader instances by using the XmlReader.Create method to take advantage of new functionality.

The following table lists node types that have a value to return.

Node type	Value
Attribute	The value of the attribute.
CDATA	The content of the CDATA section.
Comment	The content of the comment.
DocumentType	The internal subset.
ProcessingInstruction	The entire content, excluding the target.
SignificantWhitespace	The white space between markup in a mixed content model.
Text	The content of the text node.
Whitespace	The white space between markup.
XmlDeclaration	The content of the declaration.

See also

• XmlReader