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XNamespace.GetName(String) Method

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Xml.Linq
Assembly:
System.Xml.XDocument.dll
Assembly:
System.Xml.Linq.dll
Assembly:
netstandard.dll

Returns an XName object created from this XNamespace and the specified local name.

public:
 System::Xml::Linq::XName ^ GetName(System::String ^ localName);
public System.Xml.Linq.XName GetName (string localName);
member this.GetName : string -> System.Xml.Linq.XName
Public Function GetName (localName As String) As XName

Parameters

localName
String

A String that contains a local name.

Returns

XName

An XName created from this XNamespace and the specified local name.

Examples

The following example uses this property to retrieve an XName.

XNamespace aw = "http://www.adventure-works.com";  
XName name = aw.GetName("Root");  
Console.WriteLine("{0}", name);  

Imports <xmlns:aw="http://www.adventure-works.com">  

Module Module1  
    Sub Main()  
        Dim aw As XNamespace = GetXmlNamespace(aw)  
        Dim name As XName = aw.GetName("Root")  
        Console.WriteLine("{0}", name)  
    End Sub  
End Module

This example produces the following output:

{http://www.adventure-works.com}Root

Remarks

The returned XName object is guaranteed to be atomic (that is, it is the only one in the system for a specific expanded name).

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