XAttribute.Name Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Linq

Assembly:

System.Xml.XDocument.dll

Source:

XAttribute.cs

Gets the expanded name of this attribute.

public:
 property System::Xml::Linq::XName ^ Name { System::Xml::Linq::XName ^ get(); };

public System.Xml.Linq.XName Name { get; }

member this.Name : System.Xml.Linq.XName

Public ReadOnly Property Name As XName

Property Value

XName

An XName containing the name of this attribute.

Examples

The following example creates an element with three attributes. It then uses this property to print out the name of each attribute. The example also shows creation of a new attribute using the name of an existing attribute.

XNamespace aw = "http://www.adventure-works.com";  
XElement root = new XElement(aw + "Root",  
    new XAttribute(XNamespace.Xmlns + "aw", "http://www.adventure-works.com"),  
    new XAttribute(aw + "Att", "content"),  
    new XAttribute("Att2", "different content")  
);  

foreach (XAttribute att in root.Attributes())  
    Console.WriteLine("{0}={1}", att.Name, att.Value);  
Console.WriteLine("");  

XElement newRoot = new XElement(aw + "Root",  
    from att in root.Attributes("Att2")  
    select new XAttribute(att.Name, "new content"));  

foreach (XAttribute att in newRoot.Attributes())  
    Console.WriteLine("{0}={1}", att.Name, att.Value);  

Dim root As XElement = _   
    <aw:Root xmlns:aw='http://www.adventure-works.com'  
        aw:Att='content'  
        Att2='different content'/>  

For Each att As XAttribute In root.Attributes()  
    Console.WriteLine("{0}={1}", att.Name, att.Value)  
Next  
Console.WriteLine("")  

Dim NewRoot As XElement = _  
<Root  
    <%= _  
        From att In root.Attributes("Att2") _  
        Select New XAttribute(att.Name, "new content") _  
    %>>_  
</Root>  

For Each att As XAttribute In NewRoot.Attributes()  
    Console.WriteLine("{0}={1}", att.Name, att.Value)  
Next  

This example produces the following output:

{http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/}aw=http://www.adventure-works.com  
{http://www.adventure-works.com}Att=content  
Att2=different content  

Att2=new content  

Remarks

The expanded name returned by this property is in the form of {namespace}localname.

See also

• XName
• Value
• ToString()
• LINQ to XML overview