XmlTextWriter.WriteQualifiedName(String, String) Method

Definition

Writes out the namespace-qualified name. This method looks up the prefix that is in scope for the given namespace.

public override void WriteQualifiedName (string localName, string? ns);
public override void WriteQualifiedName (string localName, string ns);

Parameters

localName
String

The local name to write.

ns
String

The namespace URI to associate with the name.

Exceptions

localName is either null or String.Empty.

localName is not a valid name according to the W3C Namespaces spec.

Examples

The following example writes out a portion of a XSD schema.

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

public class Sample
{
  private const string filename = "sampledata.xml";

  public static void Main()
  {
     XmlTextWriter writer = null;

     writer = new XmlTextWriter (filename, null);
     // Use indenting for readability.
     writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;

     // Write the root element.
     writer.WriteStartElement("schema");

     // Write the namespace declarations.
     writer.WriteAttributeString("xmlns", null,"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
     writer.WriteAttributeString("xmlns","po",null,"http://contoso.com/po");

     writer.WriteStartElement("element");

     writer.WriteAttributeString("name", "purchaseOrder");

     // Write the type attribute.
     writer.WriteStartAttribute(null,"type", null);
     writer.WriteQualifiedName("PurchaseOrder", "http://contoso.com/po");
     writer.WriteEndAttribute();

     writer.WriteEndElement();

     // Write the close tag for the root element.
     writer.WriteEndElement();

     // Write the XML to file and close the writer.
     writer.Flush();
     writer.Close();

     // Read the file back in and parse to ensure well formed XML.
     XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
     // Preserve white space for readability.
     doc.PreserveWhitespace = true;
     // Load the file.
     doc.Load(filename);

     // Write the XML content to the console.
     Console.Write(doc.InnerXml);
  }
}

Remarks

Note

Starting with the .NET Framework 2.0, we recommend that you create XmlWriter instances by using the XmlWriter.Create method and the XmlWriterSettings class to take advantage of new functionality.

For example, the following Microsoft Visual C# code:

writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
writer.WriteStartElement("root");
 writer.WriteAttributeString("xmlns","x",null,"urn:abc");
 writer.WriteStartElement("item");
 writer.WriteStartAttribute("href",null);
 writer.WriteString("#");
 writer.WriteQualifiedName("test","urn:abc");
 writer.WriteEndAttribute();
 writer.WriteEndElement();
 writer.WriteEndElement();
 writer.Close();

Generates the following output:

<root xmlns:x="urn:abc">
 <item href="#x:test"/>
 </root>

If ns maps to the current default namespace, no prefix is generated.

When writing attribute values, this method generates a prefix if ns is not found. When writing element content, it throws an exception if ns is not found.

If this writer supports namespaces (Namespaces is set to true), this method also checks that the name is valid according to the W3C Namespaces in XML recommendation.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1