C# XML parsing: how to differentiate between self-closing tag and other tags?

Question

I'm using the "XmlTextReader" object in ASP.NET C# to read an xml file. In my code I really need to differentiate between self-ending tags like

<img src="something" />

and ones that has elements inside and need ending tags like:

<div class="anything">
    <img src="something" />
</div>

I've tried the HasValue method but it didn't work out well for me. Is there any other way to detect that BEFORE actuallcy reading through the element?

I can use the ReadElementContentAsString() method, but I don't really wanna do that. I need to know whether there's something inside before going inside. or at least be able to go back.

UPDATE This is how I'm reading my code

        reader.MoveToAttribute("id"); //I know all attributes
    if (reader.ReadAttributeValue())
        this.idField = reader.Value;


    reader.MoveToElement();
    bool goOn = true;
    while (goOn)
    {
        reader.Read();
        switch (reader.NodeType)
        {
            case XmlNodeType.Element:
                switch (reader.Name)
                {

                    case "div":
                        DivType newDivTypeItem = new DivType(reader);
                        this.itemsField.Add(newDivTypeItem);
                        this.itemsElementNameField.Add(ItemsChoiceType17.div);
                        break;
                    other cases...
                }
                break;
            case XmlNodeType.Text:
                this.textField.Add(reader.Value);
                break;
            case XmlNodeType.EndElement:
                goOn = false;
                break;
        }
    }

Answer 1

Is the IsElementEmpty property what you want? How exactly are you reading your document such that this is coming up?