XmlReader - Read Current Node as string

Question

In the following snippet, using XmlReader, when I encounter an element. I would like to read it as-is, including all attributes and namespace decoration in the element. Using the oXml.Name property, I am only able to get the tag name. Is there a function to get the tag itself?

oXml = XmlReader.Create(path, oXmlSettings)
While oXml.Read()
   Select Case oXml.NodeType
      Case XmlNodeType.Element
        'Read Element as-is
         If taglist.contains(oXml.Name)
           stringbuilder.Append(oXml.ReadOuterXml())
         End If
      Case XmlNodeType.Text
         stringbuilder.Append(oXml.Value)
   End Select
End While

I have tried oXml.ReadOuterXml() but it returns the element and its subcontent. That could be acceptable, but how do I fast forward my XmlReader to ignore subsequent XmlNodeType.Text and XmlNodeType.EndElement that will happen when the element I just got from ReadOuterXml has been parsed?

UPDATED: For the following snippet, loc1 is in taglist, so is written using ReadOuterXml, but the parser fails to get the following "!" character.

<para>
  Test blabla <loc1 href="test">complicated</loc1>!
</para>

Answer 1

I haven't tried it, but I wouldn't expect that you'd have to fast forward the reader after calling ReadOuterXml. I'd expect the act of reading the outer XML to consume it.

Have you tried it?