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XDocumentType Class

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Represents an XML Document Type Definition (DTD).

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Xml.Linq.XObject
    System.Xml.Linq.XNode
      System.Xml.Linq.XDocumentType

Namespace:  System.Xml.Linq
Assembly:  System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class XDocumentType _
    Inherits XNode
public class XDocumentType : XNode

The XDocumentType type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 XDocumentType(XDocumentType) Initializes an instance of the XDocumentType class from another XDocumentType object.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 XDocumentType(String, String, String, String) Initializes an instance of the XDocumentType class.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 BaseUri Gets the base URI for this XObject. (Inherited from XObject.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Document Gets the XDocument for this XObject. (Inherited from XObject.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 InternalSubset Gets or sets the internal subset for this Document Type Definition (DTD).
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Name Gets or sets the name for this Document Type Definition (DTD).
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 NextNode Gets the next sibling node of this node. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 NodeType Gets the node type for this node. (Overrides XObject.NodeType.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Parent Gets the parent XElement of this XObject. (Inherited from XObject.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 PreviousNode Gets the previous sibling node of this node. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 PublicId Gets or sets the public identifier for this Document Type Definition (DTD).
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 SystemId Gets or sets the system identifier for this Document Type Definition (DTD).

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 AddAfterSelf(Object) Adds the specified content immediately after this node. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 AddAfterSelf(array<Object[]) Adds the specified content immediately after this node. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 AddAnnotation Adds an object to the annotation list of this XObject. (Inherited from XObject.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 AddBeforeSelf(Object) Adds the specified content immediately before this node. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 AddBeforeSelf(array<Object[]) Adds the specified content immediately before this node. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Ancestors() Returns a collection of the ancestor elements of this node. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Ancestors(XName) Returns a filtered collection of the ancestor elements of this node. Only elements that have a matching XName are included in the collection. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Annotation(Type) Gets the first annotation object of the specified type from this XObject. (Inherited from XObject.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Annotation<T>() Get the first annotation object of the specified type from this XObject. (Inherited from XObject.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Annotations(Type) Gets a collection of annotations of the specified type for this XObject. (Inherited from XObject.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Annotations<T>() Gets a collection of annotations of the specified type for this XObject. (Inherited from XObject.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 CreateReader() Creates an XmlReader for this node. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 CreateReader(ReaderOptions) Creates an XmlReader for this node. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ElementsAfterSelf() Returns a collection of the sibling elements after this node, in document order. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ElementsAfterSelf(XName) Returns a filtered collection of the sibling elements after this node, in document order. Only elements that have a matching XName are included in the collection. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ElementsBeforeSelf() Returns a collection of the sibling elements before this node, in document order. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ElementsBeforeSelf(XName) Returns a filtered collection of the sibling elements before this node, in document order. Only elements that have a matching XName are included in the collection. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 IsAfter Determines if the current node appears after a specified node in terms of document order. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 IsBefore Determines if the current node appears before a specified node in terms of document order. (Inherited from XNode.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 NodesAfterSelf Returns a collection of the sibling nodes after this node, in document order. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 NodesBeforeSelf Returns a collection of the sibling nodes before this node, in document order. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Remove Removes this node from its parent. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 RemoveAnnotations(Type) Removes the annotations of the specified type from this XObject. (Inherited from XObject.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 RemoveAnnotations<T>() Removes the annotations of the specified type from this XObject. (Inherited from XObject.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ReplaceWith(Object) Replaces this node with the specified content. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ReplaceWith(array<Object[]) Replaces this node with the specified content. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ToString() Returns the indented XML for this node. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ToString(SaveOptions) Returns the XML for this node, optionally disabling formatting. (Inherited from XNode.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteTo Write this XDocumentType to an XmlWriter. (Overrides XNode.WriteTo(XmlWriter).)

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Events

  Name Description
Public eventSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Changed Raised when this XObject or any of its descendants have changed. (Inherited from XObject.)
Public eventSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Changing Raised when this XObject or any of its descendants are about to change. (Inherited from XObject.)

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Extension Methods

  Name Description
Public Extension Method CreateNavigator() Overloaded. Creates an XPathNavigator for an XNode. (Defined by Extensions.)
Public Extension Method CreateNavigator(XmlNameTable) Overloaded. Creates an XPathNavigator for an XNode. The XmlNameTable enables more efficient XPath expression processing. (Defined by Extensions.)
Public Extension Method XPathEvaluate(String) Overloaded. Evaluates an XPath expression. (Defined by Extensions.)
Public Extension Method XPathEvaluate(String, IXmlNamespaceResolver) Overloaded. Evaluates an XPath expression, resolving namespace prefixes using the specified IXmlNamespaceResolver. (Defined by Extensions.)
Public Extension Method XPathSelectElement(String) Overloaded. Selects an XElement using a XPath expression. (Defined by Extensions.)
Public Extension Method XPathSelectElement(String, IXmlNamespaceResolver) Overloaded. Selects an XElement using a XPath expression, resolving namespace prefixes using the specified IXmlNamespaceResolver. (Defined by Extensions.)
Public Extension Method XPathSelectElements(String) Overloaded. Selects a collection of elements using an XPath expression. (Defined by Extensions.)
Public Extension Method XPathSelectElements(String, IXmlNamespaceResolver) Overloaded. Selects a collection of elements using an XPath expression, resolving namespace prefixes using the specified IXmlNamespaceResolver. (Defined by Extensions.)

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Explicit Interface Implementations

  Name Description
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 IXmlLineInfo.HasLineInfo Gets a value indicating whether or not this XObject has line information. (Inherited from XObject.)
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 IXmlLineInfo.LineNumber Gets the line number that the underlying XmlReader reported for this XObject. (Inherited from XObject.)
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 IXmlLineInfo.LinePosition Gets the line position that the underlying XmlReader reported for this XObject. (Inherited from XObject.)

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Remarks

Data Type Definitions (DTD) in XML are a way to do the following:

  • Validate XML trees to a limited extent.

  • Expand entities, which is a form of text replacement.

  • Supply default attributes.

This class represents the XML concept of a DTD.

DTD support in LINQ to XML is limited. 

LINQ to XML will expand internal entities by default, but it will not resolve external entity references unless an XmlReader with an associated XmlResolver is used to load the XML tree.

LINQ to XML will not validate a document against a DTD, but you can use a validating XmlReader to perform DTD validation if necessary.

When a document contains entity references that are defined in a DTD, the references are expanded upon creation of the XML tree. However, when you serialize or save the XML tree, the content of the expanded entities is preserved; the entity references are not.

Default attributes from the DTD will be materialized as regular attributes in the XML tree. After a default attribute from the DTD is materialized, there is no way to determine that the attribute was a default attribute from the DTD.

You can populate an XML tree with an XML document that contains an internal DTD. The XML tree will then contain a DocumentType node. When you serialize or save the tree, the internal DTD will also be saved as part of the document.

Examples

The following example shows the use of this property to retrieve the node type for an XDocumentType object.

Dim output As New StringBuilder
Dim internalSubset = _
    "<!ELEMENT Pubs (Book+)>" & Environment.NewLine & _
    "<!ELEMENT Book (Title, Author)>" & Environment.NewLine & _
    "<!ELEMENT Title (#PCDATA)>" & Environment.NewLine & _
    "<!ELEMENT Author (#PCDATA)>"

Dim doc As XDocument = _
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
    <!--This is a comment.-->
    <?xml-stylesheet href='mystyle.css' title='Compact' type='text/css'?>
    <Pubs>
        <Book>
            <Title>Artifacts of Roman Civilization</Title>
            <Author>Moreno, Jordao</Author>
        </Book>
        <Book>
            <Title>Midieval Tools and Implements</Title>
            <Author>Gazit, Inbar</Author>
        </Book>
    </Pubs>
    <!--This is another comment.-->

doc.FirstNode.AddAfterSelf(New XDocumentType("Pubs", Nothing, Nothing, internalSubset))

output.Append(doc.DocumentType.NodeType.ToString())
output.Append(Environment.NewLine)

OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString()
    StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
    string internalSubset = @"<!ELEMENT Pubs (Book+)>
<!ELEMENT Book (Title, Author)>
<!ELEMENT Title (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT Author (#PCDATA)>";

    string target = "xml-stylesheet";
    string data = "href=\"mystyle.css\" title=\"Compact\" type=\"text/css\"";

    XDocument doc = new XDocument(
        new XComment("This is a comment."),
        new XProcessingInstruction(target, data),
        new XDocumentType("Pubs", null, null, internalSubset),
        new XElement("Pubs",
            new XElement("Book",
                new XElement("Title", "Artifacts of Roman Civilization"),
                new XElement("Author", "Moreno, Jordao")
            ),
            new XElement("Book",
                new XElement("Title", "Midieval Tools and Implements"),
                new XElement("Author", "Gazit, Inbar")
            )
        ),
        new XComment("This is another comment.")
    );
    doc.Declaration = new XDeclaration("1.0", "utf-8", "true");

    output.Append(doc.DocumentType.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.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.