XAttribute Class
Definition
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Represents an XML attribute.
public ref class XAttribute : System::Xml::Linq::XObject
public class XAttribute : System.Xml.Linq.XObject
type XAttribute = class
inherit XObject
Public Class XAttribute
Inherits XObject
- Inheritance
Remarks
An XML attribute is a name/value pair associated with an XML element.
Each XElement contains a list of the attributes for that element. Attributes must have a qualified name that is unique to the element. Attributes are not derived from XNode; they are not nodes in the XML tree. Instead, they are simply name/value pairs associated with an element.
Attributes are maintained in the XML tree in the order that they were added to the element. When a collection of attributes is returned by Attributes, they are returned in the order that they were added to the element, and are not sorted.
Technically, in XML, namespace declarations are not attributes proper. However, this distinction is not normally made by many XML programmers. Instead, because namespace declarations have exactly the same XML syntax as attributes, most XML programmers think of namespaces as attributes. To simplify the LINQ to XML programming interface, namespaces are represented in the XML tree as attributes. Such namespace attributes impact serialization of an XML tree. When serializing, LINQ to XML attempts to serialize with the namespace prefix specified in namespace attributes. You can use the IsNamespaceDeclaration to determine if an attribute is really a namespace declaration.
The XAttribute class derives from XObject. You can add annotations to attributes, and observe events for them.
Some XAttribute methods can be used from XAML. For more information, see LINQ to XML Dynamic Properties.
Constructors
XAttribute(XAttribute) |
Initializes a new instance of the XAttribute class from another XAttribute object. |
XAttribute(XName, Object) |
Initializes a new instance of the XAttribute class from the specified name and value. |
Properties
BaseUri |
Gets the base URI for this XObject. (Inherited from XObject) |
Document |
Gets the XDocument for this XObject. (Inherited from XObject) |
EmptySequence |
Gets an empty collection of attributes. |
IsNamespaceDeclaration |
Determines if this attribute is a namespace declaration. |
Name |
Gets the expanded name of this attribute. |
NextAttribute |
Gets the next attribute of the parent element. |
NodeType |
Gets the node type for this node. |
Parent |
Gets the parent XElement of this XObject. (Inherited from XObject) |
PreviousAttribute |
Gets the previous attribute of the parent element. |
Value |
Gets or sets the value of this attribute. |
Methods
AddAnnotation(Object) |
Adds an object to the annotation list of this XObject. (Inherited from XObject) |
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) |
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) |
MemberwiseClone() |
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object) |
Remove() |
Removes this attribute from its parent element. |
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) |
SetValue(Object) |
Sets the value of this attribute. |
ToString() |
Converts the current XAttribute object to a string representation. |
Operators
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
GetSchemaInfo(XAttribute) |
Gets the post-schema-validation infoset (PSVI) of a validated attribute. |
Validate(XAttribute, XmlSchemaObject, XmlSchemaSet, ValidationEventHandler) |
This method validates that an XAttribute conforms to a specified XmlSchemaObject and an XmlSchemaSet. |
Validate(XAttribute, XmlSchemaObject, XmlSchemaSet, ValidationEventHandler, Boolean) |
Validates that an XAttribute conforms to a specified XmlSchemaObject and an XmlSchemaSet, optionally populating the XML tree with the post-schema-validation infoset (PSVI). |