XElement.Attribute Method

Some axis methods return collections of elements or attributes. This method returns only a single attribute. Sometimes this is referred to as a singleton (in contrast to a collection).

Visual Basic users can use the integrated attribute axis to retrieve the value of an attribute with a specified name.

The following example creates an element with an attribute. It then retrieves the attribute using this method.

XElement xmlTree = new XElement("Root",
    new XAttribute("Att", "attribute content")
);
XAttribute att = xmlTree.Attribute("Att");
Console.WriteLine(att);

This example produces the following output:

Att="attribute content"

The following is the same example, but in this case the XML is in a namespace. For more information, see Working with XML Namespaces.

XNamespace aw = "http://www.adventure-works.com";
XElement xmlTree = new XElement(aw + "Root",
    new XAttribute(XNamespace.Xmlns + "aw", "http://www.adventure-works.com"),
    new XAttribute(aw + "Att", "attribute content")
);
XAttribute att = xmlTree.Attribute(aw + "Att");
Console.WriteLine(att);

This example produces the following output:

aw:Att="attribute content"

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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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