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ReadToDescendant Method (String)

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Advances the XmlReader to the next descendant element with the specified qualified name.

Namespace:  System.Xml
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable Function ReadToDescendant ( _
    name As String _
) As Boolean
public virtual bool ReadToDescendant(
    string name
)
public:
virtual bool ReadToDescendant(
    String^ name
)
abstract ReadToDescendant : 
        name:string -> bool 
override ReadToDescendant : 
        name:string -> bool 
public function ReadToDescendant(
    name : String
) : boolean

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System. . :: . .Boolean
true if a matching descendant element is found; otherwise false. If a matching child element is not found, the XmlReader is positioned on the end tag (NodeType is XmlNodeType.EndElement) of the element.
If the XmlReader is not positioned on an element when ReadToDescendant was called, this method returns false and the position of the XmlReader is not changed.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

XmlReader Class

ReadToDescendant Overload

System.Xml Namespace