XmlValidatingReader.LocalName Property

Definition

Gets the local name of the current node.

C#
public override string LocalName { get; }

Property Value

The name of the current node with the prefix removed. For example, LocalName is book for the element <bk:book>.

For node types that do not have a name (like Text, Comment, and so on), this property returns String.Empty.

Examples

The following example reads an XML fragment.

C#
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        XmlTextReader reader = null;

        try
        {
            //Create the XML fragment to be parsed.
            string xmlFrag = "<book> " +
                            "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" +
                            "<bk:genre>novel</bk:genre>" +
                            "</book>";

            //Create the XmlNamespaceManager that is used to
            //look up namespace information.
            NameTable nt = new NameTable();
            XmlNamespaceManager nsmgr = new XmlNamespaceManager(nt);
            nsmgr.AddNamespace("bk", "urn:sample");

            //Create the XmlParserContext.
            XmlParserContext context = new XmlParserContext(null, nsmgr, null, XmlSpace.None);

            //Implement the reader.
            reader = new XmlTextReader(xmlFrag, XmlNodeType.Element, context);

            //Parse the XML fragment.  If they exist, display the
            //prefix and namespace URI of each element.
            while (reader.Read())
            {
                if (reader.IsStartElement())
                {
                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(reader.Prefix))
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("<{0}>", reader.LocalName);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Console.Write("<{0}:{1}>", reader.Prefix, reader.LocalName);
                        Console.WriteLine(" The namespace URI is " + reader.NamespaceURI);
                    }
                }
            }
        }

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

Remarks

Note

The XmlValidatingReader class is obsolete in .NET Framework 2.0. You can create a validating XmlReader instance by using the XmlReaderSettings class and the Create method. For more information, see the Remarks section of the XmlReader reference page.

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, 10
.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

See also