In Brief

  • The XmlTextReader is a fast, forward-only, read-only XML parser.

  • The XmlTextWriter provides a forward-only, read-only, noncached way of generating XML streams.

  • The XmlTextReader or the XmlTextWriter must first be created and initialized before it can be used.

  • Part of this initialization includes setting the properties that will affect how it will handle its XML data.

  • The XmlTextReader provides several methods for reading all XML node types.

  • The XmlTextWriter provide methods for writing all XML node types.

  • After using the XmlTextReader and XmlTextWriter, it is important to close the objects so their resources will be freed.

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