XmlTextReader.Name Property gets the qualified name of the current node.
Option Strict
Option Explicit
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml
Public Class Sample
Private Const filename As String = "items.xml"
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim reader As XmlTextReader = Nothing
Try
reader = New XmlTextReader(filename)
reader.WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling.None
While reader.Read()
Select Case reader.NodeType
Case XmlNodeType.Element
Console.Write("<{0}>", reader.Name)
Case XmlNodeType.Text
Console.Write(reader.Value)
Case XmlNodeType.ProcessingInstruction
Console.Write("<?{0} {1}?>", reader.Name, reader.Value)
Case XmlNodeType.Comment
Console.Write("<!--{0}-->", reader.Value)
Case XmlNodeType.XmlDeclaration
Console.Write("<?xml version='1.0'?>")
Case XmlNodeType.Document
Case XmlNodeType.DocumentType
Console.Write("<!DOCTYPE {0} [{1}]", reader.Name, reader.Value)
Case XmlNodeType.EntityReference
Console.Write(reader.Name)
Case XmlNodeType.EndElement
Console.Write("</{0}>", reader.Name)
End Select
End While
Finally
If Not (reader Is Nothing) Then
reader.Close()
End If
End Try
End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Sample