Gets the node type for this node.
Assembly: System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)
Public Overrides ReadOnly Property NodeType As XmlNodeType Get
public override XmlNodeType NodeType { get; }
public: virtual property XmlNodeType NodeType { XmlNodeType get () override; }
abstract NodeType : XmlNodeType override NodeType : XmlNodeType
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.
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.
// 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); } }
' 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
.NET Framework
Supported in: 4, 3.5.NET Framework Client Profile
Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1Windows 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
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