Explicit Conversion (XElement to String)

XElement Narrowing Conversion (XElement to String)

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Cast the value of this XElement to a String.

This API is not CLS-compliant. 

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

'Declaration
Public Shared Narrowing Operator CType ( _
	element As XElement _
) As String

Parameters

element
Type: System.Xml.Linq.XElement
The XElement to cast to String.

Return Value

Type: System.String
A String that contains the content of this XElement.

If the XElement has children, the concatenated string value of all of the element's text and descendant's text is returned.

The following example creates an element with string content. It then retrieves the value by casting to String.

Dim root As XElement = <Root>abc <b>def </b>ghi</Root>

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Windows Phone

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