| Attribute |
An attribute. Example XML:
id='123'
An Attribute node can have the following child node types: Text and EntityReference. The Attribute node does not appear as the child node of any other node type. It is not considered a child node of an Element. |
| CDATA |
A CDATA section. Example XML:
<![CDATA[my
escaped text]]>
CDATA sections are used to escape blocks of text that would otherwise be recognized as markup. A CDATA node cannot have any child nodes. It can appear as the child of the DocumentFragment, EntityReference, and Element nodes. |
| Comment |
A comment. Example XML:
<!-- my comment -->
A Comment node cannot have any child nodes. It can appear as the child of the Document, DocumentFragment, Element, and EntityReference nodes. |
| Document |
A document object that, as the root of the document tree, provides access to the entire XML document. A Document node can have the following child node types: XmlDeclaration, Element (maximum of one), ProcessingInstruction, Comment, and DocumentType. It cannot appear as the child of any node types. |
| DocumentFragment |
A document fragment. The DocumentFragment node associates a node or subtree with a document without actually being contained within the document. A DocumentFragment node can have the following child node types: Element, ProcessingInstruction, Comment, Text, CDATA, and EntityReference. It cannot appear as the child of any node types. |
| DocumentType |
The document type declaration, indicated by the following tag. Example XML:
<!DOCTYPE ...>
A DocumentType node can have the following child node types: Notation and Entity. It can appear as the child of the Document node. |
| Element |
An element. Example XML:
<item>
|
| EndElement |
An end element tag. Example XML:
</item>
Returned when XmlReader gets to the end of an element. |
| EndEntity |
Returned when XmlReader gets to the end of the entity replacement as a result of a call to XmlReader.ResolveEntity. |
| Entity |
An entity declaration. Example XML:
<!ENTITY ...>
An Entity node can have child nodes that represent the expanded entity (for example, Text and EntityReference nodes). It can appear as the child of the DocumentType node. |
| EntityReference |
A reference to an entity. Example XML:
#
An EntityReference node can have the following child node types: Element, ProcessingInstruction, Comment, Text, CDATA, and EntityReference. It can appear as the child of the Attribute, DocumentFragment, Element, and EntityReference nodes. |
| None |
This is returned by the XmlReader if a Read method has not been called. |
| Notation |
A notation in the document type declaration. Example XML:
<!NOTATION ...>
A Notation node cannot have any child nodes. It can appear as the child of the DocumentType node. |
| ProcessingInstruction |
A processing instruction. Example XML:
<?pi test?>
A ProcessingInstruction node cannot have any child nodes. It can appear as the child of the Document, DocumentFragment, Element, and EntityReference nodes. |
| SignificantWhitespace |
White space between markup in a mixed content model or white space within the
xml:space="preserve"
scope. |
| Text |
The text content of a node. A Text node cannot have any child nodes. It can appear as the child node of the Attribute, DocumentFragment, Element, and EntityReference nodes. |
| Whitespace |
White space between markup. |
| XmlDeclaration |
The XML declaration. Example XML:
<?xml version='1.0'?>
The XmlDeclaration node must be the first node in the document. It cannot have children. It is a child of the Document node. It can have attributes that provide version and encoding information. |