SecurityElement.Attribute(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

SecurityElement.cs

Finds an attribute by name in an XML element.

public:
 System::String ^ Attribute(System::String ^ name);

public string? Attribute (string name);

member this.Attribute : string -> string

Public Function Attribute (name As String) As String

Parameters

name

String

The name of the attribute for which to search.

Returns

String

The value associated with the named attribute, or null if no attribute with name exists.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

The name parameter is null.

Examples

The following code shows the use of the Attribute method to find an attribute by name. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the SecurityElement class.

String^ xmlCreationDate = xmlElement->Attribute(L"creationdate");

string xmlCreationDate = xmlElement.Attribute("creationdate");

Dim xmlCreationDate As String = xmlElement.Attribute("creationdate")

Remarks

With XML as follows, Attribute("B") would return "456".

<thetag A="123" B="456" C="789">text</thetag>