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XAttribute Explicit Conversion (XAttribute^ to Boolean)

 
equivalentCodeEntityop_Explicit(XAttribute attribute)

Cast the value of this XAttribute 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 (
	XAttribute^ attribute
)

Parameters

attribute
Type: System.Xml.Linq::XAttribute^

The XAttribute to cast to Boolean.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean

A Boolean that contains the content of this XAttribute.

Exception Condition
FormatException

The attribute does not contain a valid Boolean value.

ArgumentNullException

The attribute 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 an attribute with a Boolean value, then casts it to Boolean.

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

This example produces the following output:


(bool)BoolValue=True

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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