Public Async Function TestReader(stream As System.IO.Stream) As Task
    Dim settings As New XmlReaderSettings()
    settings.Async = True

    Using reader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create(stream, settings)
        While (Await reader.ReadAsync())
            Select Case (reader.NodeType)
                Case XmlNodeType.Element
                    Console.WriteLine("Start Element {0}", reader.Name)
                Case XmlNodeType.Text
                    Console.WriteLine("Text Node: {0}",
                             Await reader.GetValueAsync())
                Case XmlNodeType.EndElement
                    Console.WriteLine("End Element {0}", reader.Name)
                Case Else
                    Console.WriteLine("Other node {0} with value {1}",
                                    reader.NodeType, reader.Value)
            End Select
        End While
    End Using
End Function

While reader.Read()
  If reader.IsStartElement() Then
    If reader.IsEmptyElement Then
      Console.WriteLine("<{0}/>", reader.Name)
    Else
      Console.Write("<{0}> ", reader.Name)
      reader.Read() ' Read the start tag.
      If reader.IsStartElement() Then ' Handle nested elements.
        Console.Write(vbCr + vbLf + "<{0}>", reader.Name)
      End If
      Console.WriteLine(reader.ReadString()) 'Read the text content of the element.
    End If
  End If
End While

' Display all attributes.
If reader.HasAttributes Then
  Console.WriteLine("Attributes of <" + reader.Name + ">")
  Dim i As Integer
  For i = 0 To (reader.AttributeCount - 1)
    Console.WriteLine("  {0}", reader(i))
  Next i
  ' Move the reader back to the element node.
  reader.MoveToElement() 
End If

If reader.HasAttributes Then
  Console.WriteLine("Attributes of <" + reader.Name + ">")
  While reader.MoveToNextAttribute()
    Console.WriteLine(" {0}={1}", reader.Name, reader.Value)
  End While
  ' Move the reader back to the element node.
  reader.MoveToElement()
End If

' Create a validating XmlReader object. The schema 
' provides the necessary type information.
Dim settings As XmlReaderSettings = New XmlReaderSettings()
settings.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema
settings.Schemas.Add("urn:empl-hire", "hireDate.xsd")
Using reader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create("hireDate.xml", settings) 
  ' Move to the hire-date element.
  reader.MoveToContent()
  reader.ReadToDescendant("hire-date")

  ' Return the hire-date as a DateTime object.
  Dim hireDate As DateTime = reader.ReadElementContentAsDateTime()
  Console.WriteLine("Six Month Review Date: {0}", hireDate.AddMonths(6))
End Using

<Extension()>
Public Async Function ReadStartElementAsync(reader As XmlReader, localname As String, ns As String) As Task
    If (Await reader.MoveToContentAsync() <> XmlNodeType.Element) Then
        Throw New InvalidOperationException(reader.NodeType.ToString() + " is an invalid XmlNodeType")
    End If

    If ((reader.LocalName = localname) And (reader.NamespaceURI = ns)) Then
        Await reader.ReadAsync()
    Else
        Throw New InvalidOperationException("localName or namespace doesn’t match")
    End If
End Function

<Extension()>
Public Async Function ReadEndElementAsync(reader As XmlReader) As task
    If (Await reader.MoveToContentAsync() <> XmlNodeType.EndElement) Then
        Throw New InvalidOperationException()
    End If
    Await reader.ReadAsync()
End Function

<Extension()>
Public Async Function ReadToNextSiblingAsync(reader As XmlReader, localName As String, namespaceURI As String) As Task(Of Boolean)
    If (localName = Nothing Or localName.Length = 0) Then
        Throw New ArgumentException("localName is empty or null")
    End If

    If (namespaceURI = Nothing) Then
        Throw New ArgumentNullException("namespaceURI")
    End If

    ' atomize local name and namespace
    localName = reader.NameTable.Add(localName)
    namespaceURI = reader.NameTable.Add(namespaceURI)

    ' find the next sibling
    Dim nt As XmlNodeType
    Do

        Await reader.SkipAsync()
        If (reader.ReadState <> ReadState.Interactive) Then
            Exit Do
        End If
        nt = reader.NodeType
        If ((nt = XmlNodeType.Element) And
           ((CObj(localName) = CObj(reader.LocalName))) And
           (CObj(namespaceURI) = CObj(reader.NamespaceURI))) Then
            Return True
        End If
    Loop While (nt <> XmlNodeType.EndElement And (Not reader.EOF))

    Return False

End Function

<Extension()>
Public Async Function ReadToFollowingAsync(reader As XmlReader, localName As String, namespaceURI As String) As Task(Of Boolean)
    If (localName = Nothing Or localName.Length = 0) Then
        Throw New ArgumentException("localName is empty or null")
    End If

    If (namespaceURI = Nothing) Then
        Throw New ArgumentNullException("namespaceURI")
    End If

    ' atomize local name and namespace
    localName = reader.NameTable.Add(localName)
    namespaceURI = reader.NameTable.Add(namespaceURI)

    ' find element with that name
    While (Await reader.ReadAsync())
        If ((reader.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Element) And
           (CObj(localName) = CObj(reader.LocalName)) And
           (CObj(namespaceURI) = CObj(reader.NamespaceURI))) Then
            Return True
        End If
    End While

    Return False
End Function

<Extension()>
Public Async Function ReadToDescendantAsync(reader As XmlReader, localName As String, namespaceURI As String) As Task(Of Boolean)
    If (localName = Nothing Or localName.Length = 0) Then
        Throw New ArgumentException("localName is empty or null")
    End If

    If (namespaceURI = Nothing) Then
        Throw New ArgumentNullException("namespaceURI")
    End If

    ' save the element or root depth
    Dim parentDepth As Integer = reader.Depth
    If (reader.NodeType <> XmlNodeType.Element) Then
        ' adjust the depth if we are on root node
        If (reader.ReadState = ReadState.Initial) Then
            parentDepth -= 1
        Else
            Return False
        End If
    ElseIf (reader.IsEmptyElement) Then
        Return False
    End If
    ' atomize local name and namespace
    localName = reader.NameTable.Add(localName)
    namespaceURI = reader.NameTable.Add(namespaceURI)

    ' find the descendant
    While (Await reader.ReadAsync() And reader.Depth > parentDepth)
        If (reader.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Element And
           (CObj(localName) = CObj(reader.LocalName)) And
           (CObj(namespaceURI) = CObj(reader.NamespaceURI))) Then
            Return True
        End If
    End While

    Return False
End Function