XmlReader - XmlReaderSetings

using System;
using System.Xml;

namespace Example
{
    public class Class1
    {

        public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
        {
            protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
            {
                int bookcount = 0;
                XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
                settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true;
                settings.IgnoreComments = true;
                string booksFile = Server.MapPath("books.xml");
                using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(booksFile, settings))
                {
                    while (reader.Read())
                    {
                        if (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element &&
                        "book" == reader.LocalName)
                        {
                            bookcount++;
                        }
                    }
                }
                Response.Write(String.Format("Found {0} books!", bookcount));
            }
        }
    }
}