XML VALIDATION

Question

HI,

i have a code like:

XmlDocument    xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
  xmlDoc.Load(xmlFileName);

I have a doubt if i have bad xmlfile, will it get validated while loading?  If yes why we have

public void Validate(ValidationEventHandler validationEventHandler);

Answer 1

If you want to validate you will need to use a validating XmlReader you pass to the Load method, that way you can validate while loading the document, or you need to use the Validate method (which also helps validating after some manipulation has been done in-memory on the DOM tree). See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w5aahf2a.aspx for details and examples on those two options.

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