XmlNodeReader::GetAttribute Method (String^)

 

Gets the value of the attribute with the specified name.

Namespace:   System.Xml
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)

public:
virtual String^ GetAttribute(
	String^ name
) override

Parameters

name
Type: System::String^

The qualified name of the attribute.

Return Value

Type: System::String^

The value of the specified attribute. If the attribute is not found, null is returned.

System_CAPS_noteNote

In the .NET Framework 2.0, the recommended practice is to create XmlReader instances using the XmlReaderSettings class and the Create method. This allows you to take full advantage of all the new features introduced in the .NET Framework. For more information, see the Remarks section in the XmlReader reference page.

This method does not move the reader.

If the reader is positioned on a DocumentType node, this method can be used to get the PUBLIC and SYSTEM literals, for example, reader.GetAttribute("PUBLIC")

The following example gets the value of the ISBN attribute.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   XmlNodeReader^ reader = nullptr;
   try
   {

      //Create and load the XML document.
      XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
      doc->LoadXml( "<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861003-78' publicationdate='1987'> "
      "</book>" );

      // Load the XmlNodeReader 
      reader = gcnew XmlNodeReader( doc );

      //Read the ISBN attribute.
      reader->MoveToContent();
      String^ isbn = reader->GetAttribute( "ISBN" );
      Console::WriteLine( "The ISBN value: {0}", isbn );
   }
   finally
   {
      if ( reader != nullptr )
            reader->Close();
   }

}

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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