XDocument.WriteTo(XmlWriter) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Linq

Assembly:

System.Xml.XDocument.dll

Source:

XDocument.cs

Write this document to an XmlWriter.

public:
 override void WriteTo(System::Xml::XmlWriter ^ writer);

public override void WriteTo (System.Xml.XmlWriter writer);

override this.WriteTo : System.Xml.XmlWriter -> unit

Public Overrides Sub WriteTo (writer As XmlWriter)

Parameters

writer

XmlWriter

An XmlWriter into which this method will write.

Examples

The following example shows how to write an XDocument to an XmlWriter. Note that the example did not write an XML declaration.

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
XmlWriterSettings xws = new XmlWriterSettings();
xws.OmitXmlDeclaration = true;
xws.Indent = true;

using (XmlWriter xw = XmlWriter.Create(sb, xws))
{
    XDocument doc = new XDocument(
        new XElement("Child",
            new XElement("GrandChild", "some content")
        )
    );
    doc.WriteTo(xw);
}

Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString());

Dim sb As StringBuilder = New StringBuilder()
Dim xws As XmlWriterSettings = New XmlWriterSettings()
xws.OmitXmlDeclaration = True
xws.Indent = True

Using xw = XmlWriter.Create(sb, xws)
    Dim doc As XDocument = New XDocument(<Child><GrandChild>some content</GrandChild></Child>)
    doc.WriteTo(xw)
End Using

Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString())

This example produces the following output:

<Child>
  <GrandChild>some content</GrandChild>
</Child>

See also

• Save
• Load
• Parse
• LINQ to XML overview