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XElement Explicit Conversion (XElement to String)

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Cast the value of this XElement to a String.

This API is not CLS-compliant. 

Namespace:  System.Xml.Linq
Assembly:  System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Narrowing Operator CType ( _
    element As XElement _
) As String

public static explicit operator string (
    XElement element
)

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.String
A String that contains the content of this XElement.

Remarks

If the XElement has children, the concatenated string value of all of the element's text and descendant's text is returned.

Examples

The following example creates an element with string content. It then retrieves the value by casting to String.

XElement root = XElement.Parse("<Root>abc <b>def </b>ghi</Root>");

Dim root As XElement = <Root>abc <b>def </b>ghi</Root>

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.