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);  
}

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.

Subclasses

XmlSecureResolver, XmlUrlResolver

Passed To

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