XElement.NodeType Property (System.Xml.Linq)

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XElement.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

public override XmlNodeType NodeType { get; }

Visual C++

public:
virtual property XmlNodeType NodeType {
	XmlNodeType get () override;
}

abstract NodeType : XmlNodeType
override NodeType : XmlNodeType

Property Value

Type: System.Xml.XmlNodeType
The node type. For XElement objects, this value is Element.

Remarks

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

Examples

The following example uses this property to print the node type of an element.

XElement el1 = new XElement("Root", "content");
Console.WriteLine(el1.NodeType);
Console.WriteLine();

Visual Basic

Dim el1 As XElement = <Root>content</Root>
Console.WriteLine(el1.NodeType.ToString())
Console.WriteLine()

This example produces the following output:

Element

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.

Reference

XElement Class

System.Xml.Linq Namespace

Other Resources

LINQ to XML