XmlValidatingReader.LocalName Property

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ LocalName { System::String ^ get(); };

public override string LocalName { get; }

member this.LocalName : string

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property LocalName As String

Property Value

The name of the current node with the prefix removed. For example, LocalName is book for the element <bk:book>.

For node types that do not have a name (like Text, Comment, and so on), this property returns String.Empty.

Examples

The following example reads an XML fragment.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        XmlTextReader reader = null;

        try
        {
            //Create the XML fragment to be parsed.
            string xmlFrag = "<book> " +
                            "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" +
                            "<bk:genre>novel</bk:genre>" +
                            "</book>";

            //Create the XmlNamespaceManager that is used to
            //look up namespace information.
            NameTable nt = new NameTable();
            XmlNamespaceManager nsmgr = new XmlNamespaceManager(nt);
            nsmgr.AddNamespace("bk", "urn:sample");

            //Create the XmlParserContext.
            XmlParserContext context = new XmlParserContext(null, nsmgr, null, XmlSpace.None);

            //Implement the reader.
            reader = new XmlTextReader(xmlFrag, XmlNodeType.Element, context);

            //Parse the XML fragment.  If they exist, display the
            //prefix and namespace URI of each element.
            while (reader.Read())
            {
                if (reader.IsStartElement())
                {
                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(reader.Prefix))
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("<{0}>", reader.LocalName);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Console.Write("<{0}:{1}>", reader.Prefix, reader.LocalName);
                        Console.WriteLine(" The namespace URI is " + reader.NamespaceURI);
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        finally
        {
            if (reader != null)
                reader.Close();
        }
    }
} // End class

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim reader As XmlTextReader = Nothing

        Try
            'Create the XML fragment to be parsed.
            Dim xmlFrag As String = "<book> " & _
                                    "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" & _
                                    "<bk:genre>novel</bk:genre>" & _
                                    "</book>"

            'Create the XmlNamespaceManager that is used to
            'look up namespace information.
            Dim nt As New NameTable()
            Dim nsmgr As New XmlNamespaceManager(nt)
            nsmgr.AddNamespace("bk", "urn:sample")

            'Create the XmlParserContext.
            Dim context As New XmlParserContext(Nothing, nsmgr, Nothing, XmlSpace.None)

            'Implement the reader. 
            reader = New XmlTextReader(xmlFrag, XmlNodeType.Element, context)

            'Parse the XML fragment.  If they exist, display the   
            'prefix and namespace URI of each element.
            While reader.Read()
                If reader.IsStartElement() Then
                    If reader.Prefix = String.Empty Then
                        Console.WriteLine("<{0}>", reader.LocalName)
                    Else
                        Console.Write("<{0}:{1}>", reader.Prefix, reader.LocalName)
                        Console.WriteLine(" The namespace URI is " & reader.NamespaceURI)
                    End If
                End If
            End While
        Finally
            If Not (reader Is Nothing) Then
                reader.Close()
            End If
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

Applies to

See also

• XmlReader