XmlTextReader.MoveToAttribute Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Moves to the specified attribute.

Overloads

MoveToAttribute(Int32)	Moves to the attribute with the specified index.
MoveToAttribute(String)	Moves to the attribute with the specified name.
MoveToAttribute(String, String)	Moves to the attribute with the specified local name and namespace URI.

Remarks

Note

Starting with the .NET Framework 2.0, we recommend that you create XmlReader instances by using the XmlReader.Create method to take advantage of new functionality.

MoveToAttribute(Int32)

Source:

XmlTextReader.cs

Moves to the attribute with the specified index.

public:
 override void MoveToAttribute(int i);

public override void MoveToAttribute (int i);

override this.MoveToAttribute : int -> unit

Public Overrides Sub MoveToAttribute (i As Integer)

Parameters

i

Int32

The index of the attribute.

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The i parameter is less than 0 or greater than or equal to AttributeCount.

Examples

The following example displays all attributes on the current node.

public:
   void DisplayAttributes( XmlReader^ reader )
   {
      if ( reader->HasAttributes )
      {
         Console::WriteLine( "Attributes of <{0}>", reader->Name );
         for ( int i = 0; i < reader->AttributeCount; i++ )
         {
            reader->MoveToAttribute( i );
            Console::Write( " {0}={1}", reader->Name, reader->Value );

         }
         reader->MoveToElement(); //Moves the reader back to the element node.
      }
   }

public void DisplayAttributes(XmlReader reader)
{
  if (reader.HasAttributes)
  {
    Console.WriteLine("Attributes of <" + reader.Name + ">");
    for (int i = 0; i < reader.AttributeCount; i++)
    {
      reader.MoveToAttribute(i);
      Console.Write(" {0}={1}", reader.Name, reader.Value);
    }
    reader.MoveToElement(); //Moves the reader back to the element node.
  }
}

Public Sub DisplayAttributes(reader As XmlReader)
    If reader.HasAttributes Then
        Console.WriteLine("Attributes of <" & reader.Name & ">")
        Dim i As Integer
        For i = 0 To reader.AttributeCount - 1
            reader.MoveToAttribute(i)
            Console.Write(" {0}={1}", reader.Name, reader.Value)
        Next i
        reader.MoveToElement() 'Moves the reader back to the element node.
    End If
End Sub

Remarks

Note

Starting with the .NET Framework 2.0, we recommend that you create XmlReader instances by using the XmlReader.Create method to take advantage of new functionality.

See also

• XmlReader

MoveToAttribute(String)

Source:

XmlTextReader.cs

Moves to the attribute with the specified name.

public:
 override bool MoveToAttribute(System::String ^ name);

public override bool MoveToAttribute (string name);

override this.MoveToAttribute : string -> bool

Public Overrides Function MoveToAttribute (name As String) As Boolean

Parameters

name

String

The qualified name of the attribute.

Returns

Boolean

true if the attribute is found; otherwise, false. If false, the reader's position does not change.

Remarks

Note

Starting with the .NET Framework 2.0, we recommend that you create XmlReader instances by using the XmlReader.Create method to take advantage of new functionality.

After calling MoveToAttribute, the Name, NamespaceURI, and Prefix properties reflects the properties of that attribute.

See also

• XmlReader

MoveToAttribute(String, String)

Source:

XmlTextReader.cs

Moves to the attribute with the specified local name and namespace URI.

public:
 override bool MoveToAttribute(System::String ^ localName, System::String ^ namespaceURI);

public override bool MoveToAttribute (string localName, string? namespaceURI);

override this.MoveToAttribute : string * string -> bool

Public Overrides Function MoveToAttribute (localName As String, namespaceURI As String) As Boolean

Parameters

localName

String

The local name of the attribute.

namespaceURI

String

The namespace URI of the attribute.

Returns

Boolean

true if the attribute is found; otherwise, false. If false, the reader's position does not change.

Remarks

Note

Starting with the .NET Framework 2.0, we recommend that you create XmlReader instances by using the XmlReader.Create method to take advantage of new functionality.

After calling MoveToAttribute, the Name, NamespaceURI, and Prefix properties reflects the properties of that attribute.

See also

• XmlReader