XText.NodeType Property (System.Xml.Linq)

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XText.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 XText objects, this value is Text.
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 creates an XML tree that contains a number of types of nodes. It then iterates through the tree, outputting the node type of each node.

Note that Child2 contains an XText node, implicitly converted from the string content.

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", "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 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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