Parsing HTML Using the XML Component

The XML component can be used to parse HTML content by relaxing standard XML validation rules. Since HTML is not always well-formed XML (for example, some tags may not be closed), validation must be disabled to allow parsing.

To parse HTML, set the Validate property to false, provide the HTML content through InputData or InputFile, and call the Parse method. As parsing progresses, events such as StartElement and EndElement will fire for each detected element, allowing you to process the structure of the HTML document.