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XmlNamespaceManager Constructor

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Initializes a new instance of the XmlNamespaceManager class with the specified XmlNameTable.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub New ( _
    nameTable As XmlNameTable _
)

public XmlNamespaceManager(
    XmlNameTable nameTable
)

Parameters

Exceptions

Exception Condition
NullReferenceException

nameTableis nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

The name table is used to look up prefixes and namespaces. An existing name table with pre-atomized strings can be specified in the constructor. There are several advantages in doing so. For example, if the name table of an XmlReader object is used, after each read, any namespace and prefix strings pushed into the name table can be re-used by XmlNamespaceManager.

For more information on atomized strings, see XmlNameTable.

NoteNote:

If you specify an existing name table, any namespaces in the name table are not automatically added to XmlNamespaceManager. You must use AddNamespace and RemoveNamespace to add or remove namespaces.

Examples

Dim output As New StringBuilder()

Dim xmlFrag As String = _
      "<root>" & _
        "<data>" & _
         "<items>" & _
          "<item id='1'>" & _
          "</item>" & _
         "</items>" & _
        "</data>" & _
        "</root>"

Using reader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create(New StringReader(xmlFrag))
    Dim nsmanager As New XmlNamespaceManager(reader.NameTable)
    nsmanager.AddNamespace("msbooks", "www.microsoft.com/books")
    nsmanager.PushScope()
    nsmanager.AddNamespace("msstore", "www.microsoft.com/store")

    Dim prefix As String
    For Each prefix In nsmanager
        output.AppendLine(("Prefix" + prefix + _
                           " Namespace=" + nsmanager.LookupNamespace(prefix)))
    Next prefix
End Using
OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString()


                StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();

                // Create the string containing the XML to read.
                String xmlFrag =
                    @"<root>
                        <data>
                            <items>
                                <item id='1'>
                                </item>
                            </items>
                        </data>
                        </root>";

                using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(xmlFrag)))
                {
                    XmlNamespaceManager nsmanager = new XmlNamespaceManager(reader.NameTable);
                    nsmanager.AddNamespace("msbooks", "www.microsoft.com/books");
                    nsmanager.PushScope();
                    nsmanager.AddNamespace("msstore", "www.microsoft.com/store");

                    foreach (String prefix in nsmanager)
                    {
                        output.AppendLine("Prefix" + prefix + " Namespace=" +
                            nsmanager.LookupNamespace(prefix));
                    }
                }
                OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString();

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.