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XElement Explicit Conversion (XElement^ to Guid)

 
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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)

public:
static explicit operator Guid (
	XElement^ element
)

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.

Exception Condition
FormatException

The element does not contain a valid Guid value.

ArgumentNullException

The element parameter is null.

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

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

This example produces the following output:


value=3c1cc55b-baff-4b7a-9d17-077af3aa5730

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 3.5
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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