XmlNodeReader.Name Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlNodeReader.cs

Gets the qualified name of the current node.

C#

public override string Name { get; }

Property Value

String

The qualified name of the current node. For example, Name is bk:book for the element <bk:book>.

The name returned is dependent on the NodeType of the node. The following node types return the listed values. All other node types return an empty string.

Node Type	Name
Attribute	The name of the attribute.
DocumentType	The document type name.
Element	The tag name.
EntityReference	The name of the entity referenced.
ProcessingInstruction	The target of the processing instruction.
XmlDeclaration	The literal string xml.

Examples

The following example reads an XML and displays each of the nodes.

C#

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

public class Sample
{
  private const String filename = "items.xml";

  public static void Main()
  {
    XmlNodeReader reader = null;

    try
    {
        //Create an XmlNodeReader to read the XmlDocument.
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        doc.Load(filename);
        reader = new XmlNodeReader(doc);

        //Parse the file and display each of the nodes.
        while (reader.Read())
        {
           switch (reader.NodeType)
           {
             case XmlNodeType.Element:
               Console.Write("<{0}>", reader.Name);
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.Text:
               Console.Write(reader.Value);
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.CDATA:
               Console.Write(reader.Value);
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.ProcessingInstruction:
               Console.Write("<?{0} {1}?>", reader.Name, reader.Value);
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.Comment:
               Console.Write("<!--{0}-->", reader.Value);
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.XmlDeclaration:
               Console.Write("<?xml version='1.0'?>");
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.Document:
               break;
             case XmlNodeType.EndElement:
               Console.Write("</{0}>", reader.Name);
               break;
           }
          }
        }

     finally
     {
       if (reader!=null)
         reader.Close();
     }
  }
} // End class

The example uses the file, items.xml, as input.

XML

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- This is a sample XML document -->
<!DOCTYPE Items [<!ENTITY number "123">]>
<Items>
  <Item>Test with an entity: &number;</Item>
  <Item>test with a child element <more/> stuff</Item>
  <Item>test with a CDATA section <![CDATA[<456>]]> def</Item>
  <Item>Test with a char entity: A</Item>
  <!-- Fourteen chars in this element.-->
  <Item>1234567890ABCD</Item>
</Items>

Remarks

Note

In the .NET Framework 2.0, the recommended practice is to create XmlReader instances using the XmlReaderSettings class and the Create method. This allows you to take full advantage of all the new features introduced in the .NET Framework. For more information, see the Remarks section in the XmlReader reference page.

Applies to