XmlTextWriter.WriteFullEndElement Method ()

 

Closes one element and pops the corresponding namespace scope.

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

Public Overrides Sub WriteFullEndElement

System_CAPS_noteNote

Starting with the .NET Framework 2.0, we recommend that you create XmlWriter instances by using the XmlWriter.Create method and the XmlWriterSettings class to take advantage of new functionality.

This method always writes the full end tag. This is useful when dealing with elements that must include a full end tag. For example, browsers expect HTML script blocks to be closed with "</script>".

The following example writes out an element with no content. It uses WriteFullEndElement to write the full end element tag.

Option Explicit
Option Strict

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        'Create a writer to write XML to the console.
        Dim writer As XmlTextWriter = Nothing
        writer = New XmlTextWriter(Console.Out)

        'Use indentation for readability.
        writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented

        'Write an element (this one is the root).
        writer.WriteStartElement("order")

        'Write some attributes.
        writer.WriteAttributeString("date", "2/19/01")
        writer.WriteAttributeString("orderID", "136A5")

        'Write a full end element. Because this element has no
        'content, calling WriteEndElement would have written a
        'short end tag '/>'.
        writer.WriteFullEndElement()

        'Write the XML to file and close the writer
        writer.Close()
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Sample

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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