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# DocumentBuilder.Build Method (Stream)

Load an XML document supplied as raw (lexical) XML on a Stream.

public XdmNode Build(
Stream input
);

#### Parameters

input
  The Stream containing the XML source to be parsed

#### Return Value

An `XdmNode`, the document node at the root of the tree of the resulting in-memory document

#### Remarks

The document is parsed using the `System.Xml` parser.

Before calling this method, the BaseUri property must be set to identify the base URI of this document, used for resolving any relative URIs contained within it.

#### See Also

DocumentBuilder Class | Saxon.Api Namespace | DocumentBuilder.Build Overload List