XText Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Linq

Assembly:

System.Xml.XDocument.dll

Source:

XText.cs

Represents a text node.

public ref class XText : System::Xml::Linq::XNode

public class XText : System.Xml.Linq.XNode

type XText = class
    inherit XNode

Public Class XText
Inherits XNode

Inheritance

Object

XObject

XNode

XText

Derived

System.Xml.Linq.XCData

Remarks

XML elements can contain text content. Sometimes the content is simple (the element only contains text content), and sometimes the content is mixed (the contents of the element contains both text and other elements). In either case, each chunk of text is represented as an XText node.

LINQ to XML developers will often have to write code to work with arbitrary LINQ to XML trees that they did not create. If you are writing code that has to work with LINQ to XML trees that you have no control over creating, you should be aware of certain behaviors of XText nodes.

When processing the contents of an XML tree at the node level, you should be prepared for multiple XText nodes to be adjacent to each other. Further, you should be prepared for XText nodes that contain no text. It is possible through LINQ to XML methods to remove the content of a text node. However, LINQ to XML does not automatically delete the node. The node has identity, and might have annotations, so LINQ to XML allows for zero-length nodes in the tree.

For more information, see Programming with nodes.

Constructors

XText(String)	Initializes a new instance of the XText class.
XText(XText)	Initializes a new instance of the XText class from another XText object.

Properties

BaseUri	Gets the base URI for this XObject. (Inherited from XObject)
Document	Gets the XDocument for this XObject. (Inherited from XObject)
NextNode	Gets the next sibling node of this node. (Inherited from XNode)
NodeType	Gets the node type for this node.
Parent	Gets the parent XElement of this XObject. (Inherited from XObject)
PreviousNode	Gets the previous sibling node of this node. (Inherited from XNode)
Value	Gets or sets the value of this node.

Methods

AddAfterSelf(Object)	Adds the specified content immediately after this node. (Inherited from XNode)
AddAfterSelf(Object[])	Adds the specified content immediately after this node. (Inherited from XNode)
AddAnnotation(Object)	Adds an object to the annotation list of this XObject. (Inherited from XObject)
AddBeforeSelf(Object)	Adds the specified content immediately before this node. (Inherited from XNode)
AddBeforeSelf(Object[])	Adds the specified content immediately before this node. (Inherited from XNode)
Ancestors()	Returns a collection of the ancestor elements of this node. (Inherited from XNode)
Ancestors(XName)	Returns a filtered collection of the ancestor elements of this node. Only elements that have a matching XName are included in the collection. (Inherited from XNode)
Annotation(Type)	Gets the first annotation object of the specified type from this XObject. (Inherited from XObject)
Annotation<T>()	Gets the first annotation object of the specified type from this XObject. (Inherited from XObject)
Annotations(Type)	Gets a collection of annotations of the specified type for this XObject. (Inherited from XObject)
Annotations<T>()	Gets a collection of annotations of the specified type for this XObject. (Inherited from XObject)
CreateReader()	Creates an XmlReader for this node. (Inherited from XNode)
CreateReader(ReaderOptions)	Creates an XmlReader with the options specified by the readerOptions parameter. (Inherited from XNode)
ElementsAfterSelf()	Returns a collection of the sibling elements after this node, in document order. (Inherited from XNode)
ElementsAfterSelf(XName)	Returns a filtered collection of the sibling elements after this node, in document order. Only elements that have a matching XName are included in the collection. (Inherited from XNode)
ElementsBeforeSelf()	Returns a collection of the sibling elements before this node, in document order. (Inherited from XNode)
ElementsBeforeSelf(XName)	Returns a filtered collection of the sibling elements before this node, in document order. Only elements that have a matching XName are included in the collection. (Inherited from XNode)
Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
IsAfter(XNode)	Determines if the current node appears after a specified node in terms of document order. (Inherited from XNode)
IsBefore(XNode)	Determines if the current node appears before a specified node in terms of document order. (Inherited from XNode)
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
NodesAfterSelf()	Returns a collection of the sibling nodes after this node, in document order. (Inherited from XNode)
NodesBeforeSelf()	Returns a collection of the sibling nodes before this node, in document order. (Inherited from XNode)
Remove()	Removes this node from its parent. (Inherited from XNode)
RemoveAnnotations(Type)	Removes the annotations of the specified type from this XObject. (Inherited from XObject)
RemoveAnnotations<T>()	Removes the annotations of the specified type from this XObject. (Inherited from XObject)
ReplaceWith(Object)	Replaces this node with the specified content. (Inherited from XNode)
ReplaceWith(Object[])	Replaces this node with the specified content. (Inherited from XNode)
ToString()	Returns the indented XML for this node. (Inherited from XNode)
ToString(SaveOptions)	Returns the XML for this node, optionally disabling formatting. (Inherited from XNode)
WriteTo(XmlWriter)	Writes this node to an XmlWriter.
WriteToAsync(XmlWriter, CancellationToken)	Asynchronously writes this XText to the specified XmlWriter.

Events

Changed	Raised when this XObject or any of its descendants have changed. (Inherited from XObject)
Changing	Raised when this XObject or any of its descendants are about to change. (Inherited from XObject)

Explicit Interface Implementations

IXmlLineInfo.HasLineInfo()	Gets a value indicating whether or not this XObject has line information. (Inherited from XObject)
IXmlLineInfo.LineNumber	Gets the line number that the underlying XmlReader reported for this XObject. (Inherited from XObject)
IXmlLineInfo.LinePosition	Gets the line position that the underlying XmlReader reported for this XObject. (Inherited from XObject)

Extension Methods

CreateNavigator(XNode)	Creates an XPathNavigator for an XNode.
CreateNavigator(XNode, XmlNameTable)	Creates an XPathNavigator for an XNode. The XmlNameTable enables more efficient XPath expression processing.
XPathEvaluate(XNode, String)	Evaluates an XPath expression.
XPathEvaluate(XNode, String, IXmlNamespaceResolver)	Evaluates an XPath expression, resolving namespace prefixes using the specified IXmlNamespaceResolver.
XPathSelectElement(XNode, String)	Selects an XElement using a XPath expression.
XPathSelectElement(XNode, String, IXmlNamespaceResolver)	Selects an XElement using a XPath expression, resolving namespace prefixes using the specified IXmlNamespaceResolver.
XPathSelectElements(XNode, String)	Selects a collection of elements using an XPath expression.
XPathSelectElements(XNode, String, IXmlNamespaceResolver)	Selects a collection of elements using an XPath expression, resolving namespace prefixes using the specified IXmlNamespaceResolver.
ToXPathNavigable(XNode)	Returns an accessor that allows you to navigate and edit the specified XNode.

See also

• LINQ to XML overview