XmlAttribute.OwnerElement Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlAttribute.cs

Gets the XmlElement to which the attribute belongs.

C#

public virtual System.Xml.XmlElement? OwnerElement { get; }

Property Value

XmlElement

The XmlElement that the attribute belongs to or null if this attribute is not part of an XmlElement.

Examples

The following example creates an attribute and displays the OwnerElement of the attribute.

C#

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample
{
  public static void Main(){

    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
    doc.LoadXml("<book>" +
                "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" +
                "</book>");

    //Create an attribute.
    XmlAttribute attr;
    attr = doc.CreateAttribute("bk","genre","urn:samples");
    attr.Value = "novel";

    //Try to display the attribute's owner element.
    if (attr.OwnerElement==null)
      Console.WriteLine("The attribute has not been added to an element\r\n");
    else
      Console.WriteLine(attr.OwnerElement.OuterXml);

    //Add the attribute to an element.
    doc.DocumentElement.SetAttributeNode(attr);

    //Display the attribute's owner element.
    Console.WriteLine("Display the owner element...");
    Console.WriteLine(attr.OwnerElement.OuterXml);
   }
}

Applies to