XDocument.NodeType Property (System.Xml.Linq)

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XDocument.NodeType Property

Gets the node type for this node.

Namespace:  System.Xml.Linq
Assembly:  System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)
Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Overrides ReadOnly Property NodeType As XmlNodeType
	Get
C#
public override XmlNodeType NodeType { get; }
Visual C++
public:
virtual property XmlNodeType NodeType {
	XmlNodeType get () override;
}
F#
abstract NodeType : XmlNodeType
override NodeType : XmlNodeType

Property Value

Type: System.Xml.XmlNodeType
The node type. For XDocument objects, this value is Document.
Remarks

Because all classes that derive from XObject contain a NodeType property, you can write code that operates on collections of objects where the type of each is a subclass of XObject. Your code can then test for the node type of each object in the collection.

Examples

The following example shows the use of this property.

C#
// Note that this property uses XmlNodeType, which is in the System.Xml namespace.
XDocument xmlTree = new XDocument(
    new XDeclaration("1.0", "utf-8", "yes"),
    new XElement("Root", "content")
);
Console.WriteLine(xmlTree.NodeType);
Visual Basic
' Note that this property uses XmlNodeType, which is in the System.Xml namespace.
Dim xmlTree As XDocument = _
    <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' standalone='yes'?>
        <Root>content</Root>
Console.WriteLine("{0}", xmlTree.NodeType)

This example produces the following output:

Document
Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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