Option Strict
Option Explicit

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim reader As XmlValidatingReader = Nothing
        
        Try
            'Create the string to parse.
            Dim xmlFrag As String = "<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861003-78' pubdate='1987'></book> "
            
            'Create the XmlNamespaceManager.
            Dim nt As New NameTable()
            Dim nsmgr As New XmlNamespaceManager(nt)
            
            'Create the XmlParserContext.
            Dim context As New XmlParserContext(Nothing, nsmgr, Nothing, XmlSpace.None)
            
            'Create the XmlValidatingReader .
            reader = New XmlValidatingReader(xmlFrag, XmlNodeType.Element, context)
            
            'Read the attributes on the root element.
            reader.MoveToContent()
            If reader.HasAttributes Then
                Dim i As Integer
                For i = 0 To reader.AttributeCount - 1
                    reader.MoveToAttribute(i)
                    Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", reader.Name, reader.Value)
                Next i
                'Move the reader back to the node that owns the attribute.
                reader.MoveToElement()
            End If
        
        
        Finally
            If Not (reader Is Nothing) Then
                reader.Close()
            End If
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

Option Strict
Option Explicit

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim reader As XmlValidatingReader = Nothing
        
        Try
            'Create the XML fragment to be parsed.
            Dim xmlFrag As String = "<book genre='novel' misc='sale-item &h; 1987'></book>"
            
            'Create the XmlParserContext.
            Dim context As XmlParserContext
            Dim subset As String = "<!ENTITY h 'hardcover'>"
            context = New XmlParserContext(Nothing, Nothing, "book", Nothing, Nothing, subset, "", "", XmlSpace.None)
            
            'Create the reader and set it to not expand general entities. 
            reader = New XmlValidatingReader(xmlFrag, XmlNodeType.Element, context)
            reader.ValidationType = ValidationType.None
            reader.EntityHandling = EntityHandling.ExpandCharEntities
            
            'Read the misc attribute. Because EntityHandling is set to
            'ExpandCharEntities, the attribute is parsed into multiple text
            'and entity reference nodes.
            reader.MoveToContent()
            reader.MoveToAttribute("misc")
            While reader.ReadAttributeValue()
                If reader.NodeType = XmlNodeType.EntityReference Then
                    'To expand the entity, call ResolveEntity.
                    Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", reader.NodeType, reader.Name)
                Else
                    Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", reader.NodeType, reader.Value)
                End If
            End While
        Finally
            If Not (reader Is Nothing) Then
                reader.Close()
            End If
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class