linq to xml validation against a DTD file in c#

Question

I have a xml file that has

I am using linq to xml for parsing this xml. I have searched for validation of xml in linq to xml and most of the examples I get are validation against a xsd file.

Can please anyone tell me how to use linq to xml for validation against a DTD file.

Thanks.

Much obliged

Answer 1

From the documentation for XDocumentType :

LINQ to XML will not validate a document against a DTD, but you can use a validating XmlReader to perform DTD validation if necessary.

So it sounds like you'll need to validate the Xml using an XmlReader before trying to read it using Linq to XML