Quick XmlTextReader question

[Nick]

Hi All,
if i have the following code:
StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(c_XML);
XmlTextReader xmlReader = new XmlTextReader(stringReader);

If I call 'xmlReader.Close();' I take it the under lying stringReader
close method is called, is this correct?

Thanks,
Nick

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

if i have the following code:
StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(c_XML);
XmlTextReader xmlReader = new XmlTextReader(stringReader);

If I call 'xmlReader.Close();' I take it the under lying stringReader
close method is called, is this correct?

Yes. From the docs:

<quote>
If this reader was constructed using a stream, this method also calls
Close on the underlying stream.
</quote>

It strikes me as unfortunate that XmlTextReader doesn't implement
IDisposable to call Close automatically. I suppose you should probably
have a using block round the stream, in which case it won't matter in
most cases...