XElement.FirstAttribute Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Linq

Assembly:

System.Xml.XDocument.dll

Source:

XElement.cs

Gets the first attribute of this element.

public:
 property System::Xml::Linq::XAttribute ^ FirstAttribute { System::Xml::Linq::XAttribute ^ get(); };

public System.Xml.Linq.XAttribute? FirstAttribute { get; }

member this.FirstAttribute : System.Xml.Linq.XAttribute

Public ReadOnly Property FirstAttribute As XAttribute

Property Value

XAttribute

An XAttribute that contains the first attribute of this element.

Examples

The following example uses this property.

XElement xmlTree = new XElement("Root",
    new XAttribute("Att1", 1),
    new XAttribute("Att2", 2),
    new XAttribute("Att3", 3)
);
Console.WriteLine(xmlTree.FirstAttribute);

Dim xmlTree As XElement = <Root Att1="1" Att2="2" Att3="3"/>
Console.WriteLine(xmlTree.FirstAttribute)

This example produces the following output:

Att1="1"

Remarks

Attributes are stored in the element in the order that they were added to the element.

See also

• LINQ to XML overview