XElement.SetValue Method (System.Xml.Linq)

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XElement.SetValue Method

Sets the value of this element.

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

Visual Basic
Public Sub SetValue ( _
	value As Object _
)
C#
public void SetValue(
	Object value
)
Visual C++
public:
void SetValue(
	Object^ value
)
F#
member SetValue : 
        value:Object -> unit 

Parameters

value
Type: System.Object
The value to assign to this element. The value is converted to its string representation and assigned to the Value property.
Exceptions

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

The value is null.

ArgumentException

The value is an XObject.

Remarks

This method will raise the Changed and the Changing events.

It is invalid to pass an instance of a class that derives from XObject, such as XElement.

Examples

The following example creates an element that contains a child element. It then sets the value of the element using this method.

C#
XElement root = new XElement("Root",
    new XElement("Child", "child content")
);
root.SetValue("new content");
Console.WriteLine(root);
Visual Basic
Dim root As XElement = _ 
        <Root>
            <Child>child content</Child>
        </Root>

root.SetValue("new content")
Console.WriteLine(root)

This example produces the following output:

xmlLang
<Root>new content</Root>
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.
See Also

Reference

SetValue

Other Resources

Community Content

Bruce Hamilton - MSFT
ArgumentNullException
An ArgumentNullException is also thrown if the element to be set does not exist, such as if the Child element in the Example wasn't there.