How to: Read Typed Data with No Schema Mapping
The following example uses the XmlReader to return a typed object. Because the format of the hire-date element follows the W3C rules for the xs:dateTime type, the ReadElementContentAsDateTime method is able to successfully convert it to a DateTime object, even though the data is untyped.
Example
The following example uses the ReadElementContentAsDateTime method to return the hire-date element as a DateTime object.
' Create an XmlReader object.
Using reader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create("hireDate_1.xml")
' 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
// Create an XmlReader object.
using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create("hireDate_1.xml")) {
// Move to the hire-date element.
reader.MoveToContent();
reader.ReadToDescendant("hire-date");
// Return the hire-date as a DateTime object.
DateTime hireDate = reader.ReadElementContentAsDateTime();
Console.WriteLine("Six Month Review Date: {0}", hireDate.AddMonths(6));
}
Input
The example uses the hireDate_1.xml file as input.
hireDate_1.xml
<employee xmlns="urn:empl-hire">
<ID>12365</ID>
<hire-date>2003-01-08T15:00:00-00:00</hire-date>
<title>Accountant</title>
</employee>
Output
Six Month Review Date: 7/8/2003 8:00:00 AM