When overridden in a derived class, gets the qualified name of the current node.
(in System.Xml.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Name As String
Dim instance As XmlReader
Dim value As String
value = instance.Name
public virtual string Name { get; }
public:
virtual property String^ Name {
String^ get ();
}
public function get Name () : String
Property Value
Type:
System..::.StringThe qualified name of the current node. For example, Name is bk:book for the element <bk:book>.
The name returned is dependent on the NodeType of the node. The following node types return the listed values. All other node types return an empty string.
Node type | Name |
|---|
Attribute | The name of the attribute. |
DocumentType | The document type name. |
Element | The tag name. |
EntityReference | The name of the entity referenced. |
ProcessingInstruction | The target of the processing instruction. |
XmlDeclaration | The literal string xml. |
The following example reads an XML file and displays each of the nodes.
reader.MoveToContent()
' Parse the file and display each of the nodes.
While reader.Read()
Select Case reader.NodeType
Case XmlNodeType.Element
Console.Write("<{0}>", reader.Name)
Case XmlNodeType.Text
Console.Write(reader.Value)
Case XmlNodeType.CDATA
Console.Write("<![CDATA[{0}]]>", reader.Value)
Case XmlNodeType.ProcessingInstruction
Console.Write("<?{0} {1}?>", reader.Name, reader.Value)
Case XmlNodeType.Comment
Console.Write("<!--{0}-->", reader.Value)
Case XmlNodeType.XmlDeclaration
Console.Write("<?xml version='1.0'?>")
Case XmlNodeType.Document
Case XmlNodeType.DocumentType
Console.Write("<!DOCTYPE {0} [{1}]", reader.Name, reader.Value)
Case XmlNodeType.EntityReference
Console.Write(reader.Name)
Case XmlNodeType.EndElement
Console.Write("</{0}>", reader.Name)
End Select
End While
reader.MoveToContent();
// Parse the file and display each of the nodes.
while (reader.Read()) {
switch (reader.NodeType) {
case XmlNodeType.Element:
Console.Write("<{0}>", reader.Name);
break;
case XmlNodeType.Text:
Console.Write(reader.Value);
break;
case XmlNodeType.CDATA:
Console.Write("<![CDATA[{0}]]>", reader.Value);
break;
case XmlNodeType.ProcessingInstruction:
Console.Write("<?{0} {1}?>", reader.Name, reader.Value);
break;
case XmlNodeType.Comment:
Console.Write("<!--{0}-->", reader.Value);
break;
case XmlNodeType.XmlDeclaration:
Console.Write("<?xml version='1.0'?>");
break;
case XmlNodeType.Document:
break;
case XmlNodeType.DocumentType:
Console.Write("<!DOCTYPE {0} [{1}]", reader.Name, reader.Value);
break;
case XmlNodeType.EntityReference:
Console.Write(reader.Name);
break;
case XmlNodeType.EndElement:
Console.Write("</{0}>", reader.Name);
break;
}
}
The sample uses the items.xml file.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- This is a sample XML document -->
<!DOCTYPE Items [<!ENTITY number "123">]>
<Items>
<Item>Test with an entity: &number;</Item>
<Item>Test with a child element <more/> stuff</Item>
<Item>Test with a CDATA section <![CDATA[<456>]]> def</Item>
<Item>Test with a char entity: A</Item>
<!-- Fourteen chars in this element.-->
<Item>1234567890ABCD</Item>
</Items>
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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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