Read XML document by node type : Xml Node « XML « C# / CSharp Tutorial

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3. Xml Node

using System;
using System.Xml;

class MainClass
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        int DecCounter=0, PICounter=0, DocCounter=0, CommentCounter=0, ElementCounter=0, AttributeCounter=0, TextCounter=0, WhitespaceCounter=0;
        XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(@"C:\books.xml");

        while (reader.Read())
        {
            XmlNodeType type = reader.NodeType; 
            switch (type) {
                case XmlNodeType.XmlDeclaration:
                    DecCounter++;
                    break;
                case XmlNodeType.ProcessingInstruction:
                    PICounter++;
                    break;
                case XmlNodeType.DocumentType:
                    DocCounter++;
                    break;
                case XmlNodeType.Comment:
                    CommentCounter++;
                    break;
                case XmlNodeType.Element:
                    ElementCounter++;
                    if (reader.HasAttributes)
                        AttributeCounter += reader.AttributeCount;
                    break;
                case XmlNodeType.Text:
                    TextCounter++;
                    break;
                case XmlNodeType.Whitespace:
                    WhitespaceCounter++;
                    break;
            }               
        }
        Console.WriteLine("White Spaces:" +WhitespaceCounter.ToString());
        Console.WriteLine("Process Instructions:" +PICounter.ToString());
        Console.WriteLine("Declaration:" +DecCounter.ToString());
        Console.WriteLine("White Spaces:" +DocCounter.ToString());
        Console.WriteLine("Comments:" +CommentCounter.ToString());
        Console.WriteLine("Attributes:" +AttributeCounter.ToString());
    }
}