Explicit Conversion (XElement to Guid)

XElement Narrowing Conversion (XElement to Guid)

[ 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 Guid.

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 Guid

Parameters

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

Return Value

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

ExceptionCondition
FormatException

The element does not contain a valid Guid value.

ArgumentNullException

The element parameter is Nothing.

The following example creates an element with a guid as content. It then retrieves the value by casting to Guid.

Dim root As XElement = <Root><%= New Guid("3c1cc55b-baff-4b7a-9d17-077af3aa5730") %></Root>
Dim value As Guid = CType(root, Guid)

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Windows Phone

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