XElement.IsEmpty Property
Definition
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Gets a value indicating whether this element contains no content.
public:
property bool IsEmpty { bool get(); };public bool IsEmpty { get; }member this.IsEmpty : boolPublic ReadOnly Property IsEmpty As BooleanProperty Value
true if this element contains no content; otherwise false.
Examples
The following example creates a variety of XML trees, and shows the value of this property with each tree.
XElement el1 = new XElement("Root");
Console.WriteLine(el1);
Console.WriteLine(el1.IsEmpty);
Console.WriteLine();
XElement el2 = new XElement("Root", "content");
Console.WriteLine(el2);
Console.WriteLine(el2.IsEmpty);
Console.WriteLine();
XElement el3 = new XElement("Root", "");
Console.WriteLine(el3);
Console.WriteLine(el3.IsEmpty);
Console.WriteLine();
el3.ReplaceAll(null);
Console.WriteLine(el3);
Console.WriteLine(el3.IsEmpty);
Dim el1 As XElement = <Root/>
Console.WriteLine(el1)
Console.WriteLine(el1.IsEmpty)
Console.WriteLine()
Dim el2 As XElement = <Root>content</Root>
Console.WriteLine(el2)
Console.WriteLine(el2.IsEmpty)
Console.WriteLine()
Dim el3 As XElement = <Root></Root>
Console.WriteLine(el3)
Console.WriteLine(el3.IsEmpty)
Console.WriteLine()
el3.ReplaceAll(Nothing)
Console.WriteLine(el3)
Console.WriteLine(el3.IsEmpty)
This example produces the following output:
<Root />
True
<Root>content</Root>
False
<Root></Root>
False
<Root />
True
Remarks
Note that an element that contains a start and end tag with no content between the tags is not considered to be an empty element. It has content with no length. Only an element that contains only a start tag, and is expressed as a terminated empty element, is considered to be empty.
