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XDocument Load (XmlReader, LoadOptions) loads an XElement from an XmlReader, setting the base URI, and retaining line information
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Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.XPath
Public Class MainClass
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim markup As String = _
"<Root>" & Environment.NewLine & _
" <Child>" & Environment.NewLine & _
" <GrandChild/>" & Environment.NewLine & _
" </Child>" & Environment.NewLine & _
"</Root>"
Using nodeReader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create(New StringReader(markup))
nodeReader.MoveToContent()
Dim xRoot As XDocument = XDocument.Load(nodeReader, LoadOptions.SetLineInfo)
For Each e As XElement In xRoot.Elements("Root").DescendantsAndSelf()
Console.WriteLine("{0}{1}{2}", _
("".PadRight(e.Ancestors().Count() * 2) & e.Name.ToString()).PadRight(20), _
(DirectCast(e, IXmlLineInfo)).LineNumber.ToString().PadRight(5), _
(DirectCast(e, IXmlLineInfo)).LinePosition)
Next
End Using
End Sub
End Class
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