When overridden in a derived class, gets the text value of the current node.
[Visual Basic]
Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property Value As String
[C#]
public abstract string Value {get;}
[C++]
public: __property virtual String* get_Value() = 0;
[JScript]
public abstract function get Value() : String; Property Value
The value returned depends on the NodeType of the node. The following table lists node types that have a value to return. All other node types return String.Empty.
| Node Type | Value |
| Attribute | The value of the attribute. |
| CDATA | The content of the CDATA section. |
| Comment | The content of the comment. |
| DocumentType | The internal subset. |
| ProcessingInstruction | The entire content, excluding the target. |
| SignificantWhitespace | The white space between markup in a mixed content model. |
| Text | The content of the text node. |
| Whitespace | The white space between markup. |
| XmlDeclaration | The content of the declaration. |
Example
See Value (in the XmlTextReader class) for a sample using this method.
Requirements
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, .NET Compact Framework, Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) Standard
See Also
XmlReader Class | XmlReader Members | System.Xml Namespace