The XmlTextReader class is a derived of the XmlReader class. The XmlTextReader class reads the document but does not allow you to access or validate the schema information.

The following table describes the methods of the XmlTextReader class:

Method Description
IsStartElement( ) Verifies if the element is the start element.
MoveToElement( ) Moves to the element that consists of the current attribute node.
MoveToFirstAttribute( ) Moves to the first attribute.
MoveToNextAttribute( ) Moves to the next attribute.
Read( ) Reads the very next node from the stream.
ReadAttributeValue( ) Reads the value of the attribute and parses it into one or more nodes.
ReadString( ) Reads the content of an element or text node in a string.
ReadStartElement( ) Verifies if the current node is an element and moves the reader to the next node.
ReadEndElement( ) Verifies if the current node is an end tag and moves the reader to the next node.
Skip( ) Skips the child nodes of the current node.