XmlNodeReader.Skip Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlNodeReader.cs

Skips the children of the current node.

public:
 override void Skip();

public override void Skip ();

override this.Skip : unit -> unit

Public Overrides Sub Skip ()

Examples

The following example reads the price element node in the XML document.

#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( "<!-- sample XML -->"
      "<book>"
      "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>"
      "<price>19.95</price>"
      "</book>" );
      
      //Load the XmlNodeReader 
      reader = gcnew XmlNodeReader( doc );
      reader->MoveToContent(); //Move to the book node.
      reader->Read(); //Read the book start tag.
      reader->Skip(); //Skip the title element.
      Console::WriteLine( reader->ReadOuterXml() ); //Read the price element.
   }
   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("<!-- sample XML -->" +
                   "<book>" +
                   "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" +
                   "<price>19.95</price>" +
                   "</book>");

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

       reader.MoveToContent(); //Move to the book node.
       reader.Read();  //Read the book start tag.
       reader.Skip();   //Skip the title element.

       Console.WriteLine(reader.ReadOuterXml());  //Read the price element.
     }

     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("<!-- sample XML -->" & _
                       "<book>" & _
                       "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" & _
                       "<price>19.95</price>" & _
                       "</book>")
            
            'Load the XmlNodeReader 
            reader = New XmlNodeReader(doc)
            
            reader.MoveToContent() 'Move to the book node.
            reader.Read() 'Read the book start tag.
            reader.Skip() 'Skip the title element.
            Console.WriteLine(reader.ReadOuterXml()) 'Read the price element.
        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.

For example, suppose you have the following XML input:

<a name="bob" age="123">
   <x/>abc<y/>
 </a>
 <b>
...
 </b>

If the reader is positioned on the "<a>" node or any of its attributes, calling Skip positions the reader to the "<b>" node.

If the reader is positioned on a leaf node already (such as element "x" or the text node "abc"), calling Skip is the same as calling Read.

This method checks for well-formed XML.