Question

Here is my code:

MemoryStream xmlStream = new MemoryStream();
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(xmlStream);

//Add some elements and attributes.

xmlWriter.WriterEndDocument();
xmlWriter.Flush();
xmlWriter.Close();

Ok, now that I’ve closed the XmlWriter is there any way to access the XmlStream again?

If I don’t close then when I want to use xmlDoc.Load(xmlStream) it gives an exception that says “Root Element is missing”

Answer 1

If you don’t close the stream you can set the Position property to 0 to go back to the start and then create an XmlReader to read the stream back or use XmlDocument.Load as you’re trying to do.

To summarise, remove xmlWriter.Close() and then call xmlStream.Position = 0, then call xmlDoc.Load(xmlStream)