This method reads the start tag, the contents of the element, and moves the reader past the end element tag. It expands entities and ignores processing instructions and comments. The element can only contain simple content. That is, it cannot have child elements.

For more information, see Reading Typed Data and the tp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=4871 recommendation.

For the asynchronous version of this method, see XmlReader.ReadElementContentAsStringAsync.

Namespace: System.Xml
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Assembly Versions: 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0
Since: .NET 2.0