XmlNode.LocalName Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlNode.cs

Gets the local name of the node, when overridden in a derived class.

public:
 abstract property System::String ^ LocalName { System::String ^ get(); };

public abstract string LocalName { get; }

member this.LocalName : string

Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property LocalName As String

Property Value

String

The name of the node with the prefix removed. For example, LocalName is book for the element <bk:book>.

The name returned is dependent on the NodeType of the node:

Type	Name
Attribute	The local name of the attribute.
CDATA	#cdata-section
Comment	#comment
Document	#document
DocumentFragment	#document-fragment
DocumentType	The document type name.
Element	The local name of the element.
Entity	The name of the entity.
EntityReference	The name of the entity referenced.
Notation	The notation name.
ProcessingInstruction	The target of the processing instruction.
Text	#text
Whitespace	#whitespace
SignificantWhitespace	#significant-whitespace
XmlDeclaration	#xml-declaration

Remarks

If the node does not have a prefix, LocalName is the same as Name.

See also

• Prefix
• Name