XDeclaration.Encoding Property
Definition
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Gets or sets the encoding for this document.
public:
property System::String ^ Encoding { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
public string Encoding { get; set; }
public string? Encoding { get; set; }
member this.Encoding : string with get, set
Public Property Encoding As String
Property Value
A String containing the code page name for this document.
Examples
The following example creates two documents, one with utf-8 encoding, and one with utf-16 encoding. It then loads the documents and prints the encoding to the console.
Console.WriteLine("Creating a document with utf-8 encoding");
XDocument encodedDoc8 = new XDocument(
new XDeclaration("1.0", "utf-8", "yes"),
new XElement("Root", "Content")
);
encodedDoc8.Save("EncodedUtf8.xml");
Console.WriteLine("Encoding is:{0}", encodedDoc8.Declaration.Encoding);
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Creating a document with utf-16 encoding");
XDocument encodedDoc16 = new XDocument(
new XDeclaration("1.0", "utf-16", "yes"),
new XElement("Root", "Content")
);
encodedDoc16.Save("EncodedUtf16.xml");
Console.WriteLine("Encoding is:{0}", encodedDoc16.Declaration.Encoding);
Console.WriteLine();
XDocument newDoc8 = XDocument.Load("EncodedUtf8.xml");
Console.WriteLine("Encoded document:");
Console.WriteLine(File.ReadAllText("EncodedUtf8.xml"));
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Encoding of loaded document is:{0}", newDoc8.Declaration.Encoding);
Console.WriteLine();
XDocument newDoc16 = XDocument.Load("EncodedUtf16.xml");
Console.WriteLine("Encoded document:");
Console.WriteLine(File.ReadAllText("EncodedUtf16.xml"));
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Encoding of loaded document is:{0}", newDoc16.Declaration.Encoding);
Console.WriteLine("Creating a document with utf-8 encoding")
Dim encodedDoc8 As XDocument = _
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Root>Content</Root>
encodedDoc8.Save("EncodedUtf8.xml")
Console.WriteLine("Encoding is:{0}", encodedDoc8.Declaration.Encoding)
Console.WriteLine()
Console.WriteLine("Creating a document with utf-16 encoding")
Dim encodedDoc16 As XDocument = _
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16" standalone="yes"?>
<Root>Content</Root>
encodedDoc16.Save("EncodedUtf16.xml")
Console.WriteLine("Encoding is:{0}", encodedDoc16.Declaration.Encoding)
Console.WriteLine()
Dim newDoc8 As XDocument = XDocument.Load("EncodedUtf8.xml")
Console.WriteLine("Encoded document:")
Console.WriteLine(File.ReadAllText("EncodedUtf8.xml"))
Console.WriteLine()
Console.WriteLine("Encoding of loaded document is:{0}", newDoc8.Declaration.Encoding)
Console.WriteLine()
Dim newDoc16 As XDocument = XDocument.Load("EncodedUtf16.xml")
Console.WriteLine("Encoded document:")
Console.WriteLine(File.ReadAllText("EncodedUtf16.xml"))
Console.WriteLine()
Console.WriteLine("Encoding of loaded document is:{0}", newDoc16.Declaration.Encoding)
This example produces the following output:
Creating a document with utf-8 encoding
Encoding is:utf-8
Creating a document with utf-16 encoding
Encoding is:utf-16
Encoded document:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Root>Content</Root>
Encoding of loaded document is:utf-8
Encoded document:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16" standalone="yes"?>
<Root>Content</Root>
Encoding of loaded document is:utf-16
Remarks
Any value returned by WebName is a valid value.
If you read an encoded document, then this property will be set to the code page name.
If you set this property to a valid code page name, then when serializing, LINQ to XML will serialize with the specified encoding.
Applies to
See also
.NET