.NET Framework Class Library
XObject.NodeType Property
Gets the node type for this XObject.
Assembly: System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)
Syntax
Visual Basic
Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property NodeType As XmlNodeType Get
C#
public abstract XmlNodeType NodeType { get; }
Visual C++
public: virtual property XmlNodeType NodeType { XmlNodeType get () abstract; }
F#
abstract NodeType : XmlNodeType
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 method to retrieve the node type for a variety of nodes.
C#
// Note that XNode uses XmlNodeType, which is in the System.Xml namespace. XDocument xmlTree = new XDocument( new XComment("a comment"), new XProcessingInstruction("xml-stylesheet", "type=\"text/xsl\" href=\"hello.xsl\""), new XElement("Root", new XAttribute("Att", "attContent"), new XElement("Child1", new XCData("CDATA content") ), new XElement("Child2", new XText("Text content") ) ) ); foreach (XNode node in xmlTree.DescendantNodes()) { Console.WriteLine(node.NodeType); if (node.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element) { foreach (XAttribute att in ((XElement)node).Attributes()) Console.WriteLine(att.NodeType); } }
Visual Basic
' Note that XNode uses XmlNodeType, which is in the System.Xml namespace. Dim xmlTree As XDocument = _ <?xml version="1.0"?> <!--a comment--> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="hello.xsl"?> <Root Att="attContent"> <Child1><![CDATA[CDATA content]]></Child1> <Child2>Text content</Child2> </Root> For Each node As XNode In xmlTree.DescendantNodes Console.WriteLine(node.NodeType.ToString()) If node.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Element Then For Each att In DirectCast(node, XElement).Attributes Console.WriteLine(att.NodeType.ToString()) Next End If Next
This example produces the following output:
Comment ProcessingInstruction Element Attribute Element CDATA Element Text
Version Information
.NET Framework
Supported in: 4, 3.5.NET Framework Client Profile
Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1Platforms
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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