"Chris Ericoli" <cericoliNO_SPAM@famill.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I am finding that quite commonly i need to instantiate an XML reader
against
> an in memory string, as opposed to a stream obtained from a file or URI.
> While the XMLDocument class has a means of contructing against a string
> (.LoadXML), i am unaware of any similar method for the xmlreaders, as they
> all seem to require a stream, meaning that i have to create a stream from
> the string etc..
>
> Anybody aware of something I am missing.
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris
>
>

> You can also pass any kind of TextReader to the XmlTextReader constructor,
> such as the StreamReader or the StringReader.
>
> The StringReader in particular seems to be what you are looking for:
>
> string myXml = "<?xml version="1.0" ?><christoph>spends too much time on
the
> computer</christoph>";
> XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader( new StringReader( myXml ) );
>
> // do all you XmlReader stuff here...
>
> --
> HTH
> Christoph Schittko [MVP, XmlInsider]
> Software Architect, .NET Mentor
>
> "Chris Ericoli" <cericoliNO_SPAM@famill.com.au> wrote in message
> news:e4qXVnKqDHA.2528@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am finding that quite commonly i need to instantiate an XML reader
> against
> > an in memory string, as opposed to a stream obtained from a file or URI.
> > While the XMLDocument class has a means of contructing against a string
> > (.LoadXML), i am unaware of any similar method for the xmlreaders, as
they
> > all seem to require a stream, meaning that i have to create a stream
from
> > the string etc..
> >
> > Anybody aware of something I am missing.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
>
>