XmlAttributeCollection.Remove(XmlAttribute) Method

Definition

Removes the specified attribute from the collection.

public:
 System::Xml::XmlAttribute ^ Remove(System::Xml::XmlAttribute ^ node);
public:
 virtual System::Xml::XmlAttribute ^ Remove(System::Xml::XmlAttribute ^ node);
public System.Xml.XmlAttribute Remove (System.Xml.XmlAttribute node);
public System.Xml.XmlAttribute? Remove (System.Xml.XmlAttribute? node);
public virtual System.Xml.XmlAttribute Remove (System.Xml.XmlAttribute node);
member this.Remove : System.Xml.XmlAttribute -> System.Xml.XmlAttribute
abstract member Remove : System.Xml.XmlAttribute -> System.Xml.XmlAttribute
override this.Remove : System.Xml.XmlAttribute -> System.Xml.XmlAttribute
Public Function Remove (node As XmlAttribute) As XmlAttribute
Public Overridable Function Remove (node As XmlAttribute) As XmlAttribute

Parameters

node
XmlAttribute

The attribute to remove.

Returns

The node removed or null if it is not found in the collection.

Examples

The following example removes an attribute from the document.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;

int main()
{
   XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
   doc->LoadXml( "<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'><title>Pride And Prejudice</title></book>" );
   
   //Create an attribute collection and remove an attribute
   //from the collection.
   XmlAttributeCollection^ attrColl = doc->DocumentElement->Attributes;
   attrColl->Remove( attrColl[ "genre" ] );
   Console::WriteLine( "Display the modified XML...\r\n" );
   Console::WriteLine( doc->OuterXml );
}
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample
{
  public static void Main(){

    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
    doc.LoadXml("<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" +
                "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" +
                "</book>");

    //Create an attribute collection and remove an attribute
    //from the collection.
    XmlAttributeCollection attrColl = doc.DocumentElement.Attributes;
    attrColl.Remove(attrColl["genre"]);

    Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML...\r\n");
    Console.WriteLine(doc.OuterXml);
  }
}
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

public class Sample

  public shared sub Main()
  
    Dim doc as XmlDocument = new XmlDocument()
    doc.LoadXml("<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" & _
                "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" & _
                "</book>")      

    'Create an attribute collection and remove an attribute
    'from the collection.  
    Dim attrColl as XmlAttributeCollection = doc.DocumentElement.Attributes
    attrColl.Remove(attrColl.ItemOf("genre"))

    Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML...")
    Console.WriteLine(doc.OuterXml)

  end sub
end class

Remarks

This method is a Microsoft extension to the Document Object Model (DOM).

Applies to