ReadToDescendant Method (String, String)

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Advances the XmlReader to the next descendant element with the specified local name and namespace URI.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable Function ReadToDescendant ( _
    localName As String, _
    namespaceURI As String _
) As Boolean

public virtual bool ReadToDescendant(
    string localName,
    string namespaceURI
)

public:
virtual bool ReadToDescendant(
    String^ localName, 
    String^ namespaceURI
)

abstract ReadToDescendant : 
        localName:string * 
        namespaceURI:string -> bool 
override ReadToDescendant : 
        localName:string * 
        namespaceURI:string -> bool 

public function ReadToDescendant(
    localName : String, 
    namespaceURI : String
) : boolean

Parameters

• localName
  Type: System. . :: . .String
  The local name of the element you wish to move to.

• namespaceURI
  Type: System. . :: . .String
  The namespace URI of the element you wish to move to.

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

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.

See Also

Reference

XmlReader Class

ReadToDescendant Overload

System.Xml Namespace