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enum System.Xml.EntityHandling
Assembly: System.Xml.ReaderWriter
Specifies how the <see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlTextReader" /> or <see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlValidatingReader" /> handle entities.
Values
ExpandEntities
Expands all entities and returns the expanded nodes.
<see cref="F:System.Xml.XmlNodeType.EntityReference" /> nodes are not returned. The entity text is expanded in place of the entity references.
ExpandCharEntities
Expands character entities and returns general entities as <see cref="F:System.Xml.XmlNodeType.EntityReference" /> nodes.
You must call <see cref="Overload:System.Xml.XmlReader.ResolveEntity" /> to see what the general entities expand to. This enables you to optimize entity handling by only expanding the entity the first time it is used.
When set to <see langword="ExpandCharEntities" /> , a reader call to the <see cref="Overload:System.Xml.XmlReader.GetAttribute" /> method expands all entities (both general and character entities).