This class resolves external resources according to their URIs. This class is used to retrieve an external DTD or Schema in XML documents and also obtains resources from imported stylesheets (<xsl:import>) and included files (<xml:include>). This abstract class is implemented by XmlUrlResolver.

public abstract class XmlResolver {
// Protected Constructors
   protected XmlResolver( );
// Public Instance Properties
   public abstract ICredentials Credentials{set; }
// Public Instance Methods
   public abstract object GetEntity(Uri absoluteUri, string role, Type ofObjectToReturn);
   public virtual Uri ResolveUri(Uri baseUri, string relativeUri);
}

Subclasses

XmlSecureResolver, XmlUrlResolver

Passed To

XmlDocument.XmlResolver, XmlSecureResolver.XmlSecureResolver( ), XmlTextReader.XmlResolver, XmlValidatingReader.XmlResolver, System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransform.{Load(Transform( ), XmlResolver}