XmlTextReader.GetAttribute Method

Source:

XmlTextReader.cs

Source:

XmlTextReader.cs

Source:

XmlTextReader.cs

Source:

XmlTextReader.cs

public:
 override System::String ^ GetAttribute(int i);

public override string GetAttribute(int i);

override this.GetAttribute : int -> string

Public Overrides Function GetAttribute (i As Integer) As String

Parameters

Returns

The value of the specified attribute.

Exceptions

Remarks

This method does not move the reader.

See also

• XmlReader

Source:

XmlTextReader.cs

Source:

XmlTextReader.cs

Source:

XmlTextReader.cs

Source:

XmlTextReader.cs

public:
 override System::String ^ GetAttribute(System::String ^ name);

public override string? GetAttribute(string name);

public override string GetAttribute(string name);

override this.GetAttribute : string -> string

Public Overrides Function GetAttribute (name As String) As String

Parameters

Returns

The value of the specified attribute. If the attribute is not found, null is returned.

Examples

The following example gets the value of the ISBN attribute.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample
{
  public static void Main()
  {
    XmlTextReader reader = null;

    try
    {
       //Load the reader with the XML file.
       reader = new XmlTextReader("attrs.xml");

       //Read the ISBN attribute.
       reader.MoveToContent();
       string isbn = reader.GetAttribute("ISBN");
       Console.WriteLine("The ISBN value: " + isbn);
     }
     finally
     {
        if (reader != null)
          reader.Close();
      }
  }
} // End class

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim reader As XmlTextReader = Nothing
        
        Try
            'Load the reader with the XML file.
            reader = New XmlTextReader("attrs.xml")
            
            'Read the ISBN attribute.
            reader.MoveToContent()
            Dim isbn As String = reader.GetAttribute("ISBN")
            Console.WriteLine("The ISBN value: " & isbn)
        
        Finally
            If Not (reader Is Nothing) Then
                reader.Close()
            End If
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

The example uses the file, attrs.xml, as input.

<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861003-78' pubdate='1987'>
</book>

Remarks

This method does not move the reader.

If the reader is positioned on a DocumentType node, this method can be used to get the PUBLIC and SYSTEM literals, for example, reader.GetAttribute("PUBLIC")

See also

• XmlReader

Source:

XmlTextReader.cs

Source:

XmlTextReader.cs

Source:

XmlTextReader.cs

Source:

XmlTextReader.cs

public:
 override System::String ^ GetAttribute(System::String ^ localName, System::String ^ namespaceURI);

public override string? GetAttribute(string localName, string? namespaceURI);

public override string GetAttribute(string localName, string namespaceURI);

override this.GetAttribute : string * string -> string

Public Overrides Function GetAttribute (localName As String, namespaceURI As String) As String

Parameters

Returns

The value of the specified attribute. If the attribute is not found, null is returned. This method does not move the reader.

Remarks

The following XML contains an attribute in a specific namespace:

<test xmlns:dt="urn:datatypes" dt:type="int"/>

You can lookup the dt:type attribute using one argument (prefix and local name) or two arguments (local name and namespace URI):

String dt = reader.GetAttribute("dt:type");
String dt2 = reader.GetAttribute("type","urn:datatypes");

To lookup the xmlns:dt attribute, use one of the following arguments:

String dt3 = reader.GetAttribute("xmlns:dt");
String dt4 = reader.GetAttribute("dt",http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/);

You can also get this information using the Prefix property.

See also

• XmlReader