reading xml fragments from a stream

gistfile1.cs

void Main()
{
    var stream = new StringReader("<begin><test>1</test>   <test>2</test>   <test>");
    var reader = XmlReader.Create(stream);
    
    // find the root element
    MoveToNextElement(reader);
    
    // find the first content element
    MoveToNextElement(reader);
    // read first element
    XElement.ReadFrom(reader).ToString().Dump();

    // skip any comments, whitespace, etc
    MoveToNextElement(reader);
    // read second element
    XElement.ReadFrom(reader).ToString().Dump();
}

void MoveToNextElement(XmlReader reader)
{
    while (reader.Read() && reader.NodeType != XmlNodeType.Element);
}