XObject.NodeType Property
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Gets the node type for this XObject.
Namespace: System.Xml.Linq
Assembly: System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property NodeType As XmlNodeType
public abstract XmlNodeType NodeType { get; }
Property Value
Type: System.Xml.XmlNodeType
The node type for this XObject.
Remarks
Because all classes that derive from XObject contain a NodeType property, you can write code that operates on collections of concrete subclass of XObject. Your code can then test for the node type of each node in the collection.
Examples
The following example uses this method to retrieve the node type for a variety of nodes.
Dim output As New StringBuilder
' Note that XNode uses XmlNodeType, which is in the System.Xml namespace.
Dim xmlTree As XDocument = _
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--a comment-->
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="hello.xsl"?>
<Root Att="attContent">
<Child1><![CDATA[CDATA content]]></Child1>
<Child2>Text content</Child2>
</Root>
For Each node As XNode In xmlTree.DescendantNodes
output.Append(node.NodeType.ToString())
output.Append(Environment.NewLine)
If node.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Element Then
For Each att In DirectCast(node, XElement).Attributes
output.Append(att.NodeType.ToString())
output.Append(Environment.NewLine)
Next
End If
Next
OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString()
StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
// Note that XNode uses XmlNodeType, which is in the System.Xml namespace.
XDocument xmlTree = new XDocument(
new XComment("a comment"),
new XProcessingInstruction("xml-stylesheet", "type=\"text/xsl\" href=\"hello.xsl\""),
new XElement("Root",
new XAttribute("Att", "attContent"),
new XElement("Child1",
new XCData("CDATA content")
),
new XElement("Child2",
new XText("Text content")
)
)
);
foreach (XNode node in xmlTree.DescendantNodes())
{
output.Append(node.NodeType + Environment.NewLine);
if (node.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
{
foreach (XAttribute att in ((XElement)node).Attributes())
output.Append(att.NodeType + Environment.NewLine);
}
}
OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString();
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.
See Also