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+// This example demonstrates how a reader (for example when reading from a file)
+// can be buffered. In that case, data read from the file is written to a supplied
+// buffer and returned XML events borrow from that buffer.
+// That way, allocations can be kept to a minimum.
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), quick_xml::Error> {
+    use quick_xml::events::Event;
+    use quick_xml::Reader;
+
+    let mut reader = Reader::from_file("tests/documents/document.xml")?;
+    reader.trim_text(true);
+
+    let mut buf = Vec::new();
+
+    let mut count = 0;
+
+    loop {
+        match reader.read_event_into(&mut buf) {
+            Ok(Event::Start(ref e)) => {
+                let name = e.name();
+                let name = reader.decoder().decode(name.as_ref())?;
+                println!("read start event {:?}", name.as_ref());
+                count += 1;
+            }
+            Ok(Event::Eof) => break, // exits the loop when reaching end of file
+            Err(e) => panic!("Error at position {}: {:?}", reader.buffer_position(), e),
+            _ => (), // There are several other `Event`s we do not consider here
+        }
+    }
+
+    println!("read {} start events in total", count);
+
+    Ok(())
+}