XmlElement.Name Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlElement.cs

Gets the qualified name of the node.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ Name { System::String ^ get(); };

public override string Name { get; }

member this.Name : string

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property Name As String

Property Value

String

The qualified name of the node. For XmlElement nodes, this is the tag name of the element.

Examples

The following example displays information on the ISBN element.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
   doc->LoadXml( "<book xmlns:bk='urn:samples'>"
   "<bk:ISBN>1-861001-57-5</bk:ISBN>"
   "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>"
   "</book>" );
   
   // Display information on the ISBN element.
   XmlElement^ elem = dynamic_cast<XmlElement^>(doc->DocumentElement->FirstChild);
   Console::Write( "{0} = {1}", elem->Name, elem->InnerText );
   Console::WriteLine( "\t namespaceURI={0}", elem->NamespaceURI );
}

// This code produces the following output.
// bk:ISBN = 1-861001-57-5  namespaceURI=urn:samples

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

public class Sample
{
  public static void Main()
  {

    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
    doc.LoadXml("<book xmlns:bk='urn:samples'>" +
                "<bk:ISBN>1-861001-57-5</bk:ISBN>" +
                "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" +
                "</book>");

    // Display information on the ISBN element.
    XmlElement elem = (XmlElement) doc.DocumentElement.FirstChild;
    Console.Write("{0} = {1}", elem.Name, elem.InnerText);
    Console.WriteLine("\t namespaceURI=" + elem.NamespaceURI);
  }
}

// This code produces the following output.
// bk:ISBN = 1-861001-57-5  namespaceURI=urn:samples

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

public class Sample

  public shared sub Main()

    Dim doc as XmlDocument = new XmlDocument()
    doc.LoadXml("<book xmlns:bk='urn:samples'>" & _
                "<bk:ISBN>1-861001-57-5</bk:ISBN>" & _
                "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" & _
                "</book>")

    ' Display information on the ISBN element.
    Dim elem as XmlElement 
    elem = CType(doc.DocumentElement.ChildNodes.Item(0),XmlElement) 
    Console.Write("{0} = {1}", elem.Name, elem.InnerText)
    Console.WriteLine("  namespaceURI=" + elem.NamespaceURI)
  end sub
end class

' This code produces the following output.
' bk:ISBN = 1-861001-57-5  namespaceURI=urn:samples

See also

• LocalName