How to: Control Namespace Prefixes (Visual Basic) (LINQ to XML)
This topic describes how you can control namespace prefixes.
Example
Description
This example declares two namespaces. It specifies that the https://www.adventure-works.com
namespace has the prefix aw
, and that the www.fourthcoffee.com
namespace has the prefix of fc
.
Code
Imports <xmlns:aw="https://www.adventure-works.com">
Imports <xmlns:fc="www.fourthcoffee.com">
Module Module1
Sub Main()
Dim root As XElement = _
<aw:Root>
<fc:Child>
<aw:DifferentChild>other content</aw:DifferentChild>
</fc:Child>
<aw:Child2>c2 content</aw:Child2>
<fc:Child3>c3 content</fc:Child3>
</aw:Root>
Console.WriteLine(root)
End Sub
End Module
Comments
This example produces the following output:
<aw:Root xmlns:fc="www.fourthcoffee.com" xmlns:aw="https://www.adventure-works.com">
<fc:Child>
<aw:DifferentChild>other content</aw:DifferentChild>
</fc:Child>
<aw:Child2>c2 content</aw:Child2>
<fc:Child3>c3 content</fc:Child3>
</aw:Root>