XmlValidatingReader::LookupNamespace Method (String^)
Resolves a namespace prefix in the current element's scope.
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Parameters
- prefix
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Type:
System::String^
The prefix whose namespace Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) you want to resolve. To match the default namespace, pass an empty string.
Return Value
Type: System::String^The namespace URI to which the prefix maps or null if no matching prefix is found.
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The XmlValidatingReader class is obsolete in .NET Framework 2.0. You can create a validating XmlReader instance by using the XmlReaderSettings class and the Create method. For more information, see the Remarks section of the XmlReader reference page.. |
In the following XML string, if the reader is positioned on the href attribute, the prefix a is resolved by calling reader.LookupNamespace("a", true). The returned string is urn:456.
<root xmlns:a="urn:456"> <item> <ref href="a:b"/> </item> </root>
Available since 1.1
