Explicit Conversion (XElement to Int64)

XElement Explicit Conversion (XElement to Int64)

[ 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 an Int64.

This API is not CLS-compliant. 

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

public static explicit operator long (
	XElement element
)

Parameters

element
Type: System.Xml.Linq.XElement
The XElement to cast to Int64.

Return Value

Type: System.Int64
A Int64 that contains the content of this XElement.

ExceptionCondition
FormatException

The element does not contain a valid Int64 value.

ArgumentNullException

The element parameter is null.

The following example creates an element with a long integer as content. It then retrieves the value of the element by casting to Int64.

XElement root = new XElement("Root", 9223372036854775807);
long value = (long)root;

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Windows Phone

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