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XElement Explicit Conversion (XElement^ to Boolean)

 
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Cast the value of this XElement to a Boolean.

This API is not CLS-compliant.

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

public:
static explicit operator bool (
	XElement^ element
)

Parameters

element
Type: System.Xml.Linq::XElement^

The XElement to cast to Boolean.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean

A Boolean that contains the content of this XElement.

Exception Condition
FormatException

The element does not contain a valid Boolean value.

ArgumentNullException

The element parameter is null.

When converting to Boolean from an attribute or element, allowed values are "0", "1", and any string that produces "true" or "false" after trimming and conversion to lower case.

The following example creates some elements with boolean values. It then casts them to Boolean.

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

This example produces the following output:


                (bool)BoolValue1=True
(bool)BoolValue2=False

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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