XmlElement.Name Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlElement.cs

Gets the qualified name of the node.

C#

public override string Name { get; }

Property Value

String

The qualified name of the node. For XmlElement nodes, this is the tag name of the element.

Examples

The following example displays information on the ISBN element.

C#

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

public class Sample
{
  public static void Main()
  {

    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
    doc.LoadXml("<book xmlns:bk='urn:samples'>" +
                "<bk:ISBN>1-861001-57-5</bk:ISBN>" +
                "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" +
                "</book>");

    // Display information on the ISBN element.
    XmlElement elem = (XmlElement) doc.DocumentElement.FirstChild;
    Console.Write("{0} = {1}", elem.Name, elem.InnerText);
    Console.WriteLine("\t namespaceURI=" + elem.NamespaceURI);
  }
}

// This code produces the following output.
// bk:ISBN = 1-861001-57-5  namespaceURI=urn:samples

Applies to

See also

• LocalName