XAttribute::IsNamespaceDeclaration Property
Determines if this attribute is a namespace declaration.
Assembly: System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)
Property Value
Type: System::Booleantrue if this attribute is a namespace declaration; otherwise false.
Technically, in XML, namespace declarations are not attributes proper. However, this distinction is not normally made by most XML programmers. Instead, because namespace declarations have exactly the same syntax as attributes, most XML programmers think of namespaces as attributes. To simplify the LINQ to XML programming interface, namespaces are represented in the XML tree as attributes. You can use this property to determine if a particular LINQ to XML attribute is really a namespace declaration.
The following example creates an attribute that is a namespace declaration and an attribute that is not. It then uses this property to display whether each attribute is a namespace declaration or not.
This example produces the following output:
{http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/}aw is a namespace declaration
{http://www.adventure-works.com}Att is not a namespace declaration
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