Question

I am using XmlReader in .NET to parse an XML file using a loop:

while (xml.Read()) {    switch xml.NodeType {      case XmlNodeType.Element:       //Do something      case XmlNodeType.Text:       //Do something      case XmlNodeType.EndElement:         //Do something    } } 

I was wondering if it was normal that the following XML code does not produce some EndElement nodes? Please note the missing space before the /> but I don’t think that’s the problem.

<date month='November' year='2001'/> <zone name='xml'/> 

Is there a different NodeType or property to indicate a self-closing element?

Answer 1

No, you check it by looking at XmlReader.IsEmptyElement.

In the docs for that property:

A corresponding EndElement node is not generated for empty elements.