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Extensions::Attributes Method (IEnumerable<XElement^>^, XName^)

 

Returns a filtered collection of the attributes of every element in the source collection. Only elements that have a matching XName are included in the collection.

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

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static IEnumerable<XAttribute^>^ Attributes(
	IEnumerable<XElement^>^ source,
	XName^ name
)

Parameters

source
Type: System.Collections.Generic::IEnumerable<XElement^>^

An IEnumerable<T> of XElement that contains the source collection.

name
Type: System.Xml.Linq::XName^

The XName to match.

Return Value

Type: System.Collections.Generic::IEnumerable<XAttribute^>^

An IEnumerable<T> of XAttribute that contains a filtered collection of the attributes of every element in the source collection. Only elements that have a matching XName are included in the collection.

Note that unlike some other XML programming interfaces, in LINQ to XML, namespaces are surfaced as attributes.

This method uses deferred execution.

The following example retrieves a collection of elements, which in this case includes the Child1 and Child2 elements. It then retrieves all attributes of that child collection with a name of Att1.

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

This example produces the following output:

Att1="content3"
Att1="content5"

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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