XElement class
XElement
An element in an xml document
Parent class
Inherits from object
Constructors
- (params AnyType) - Create a new element with a number of child elements
- (string xml "A xml string") - Create a new element from a string
- (string name "Name of the element", object value "Value of the element") - Create a new element with a name and value
Methods
- Empty Add(object content "Content to add") - Adds the specified content as children of this element.
- Empty Add(params AnyType) - Adds the specified content as children of this element.
- Empty AddAfterSelf(object content "Content to add") - Adds the specified content immediately after this node.
- Empty AddBeforeSelf(object content "Content to add") - Adds the specified content immediately before this node.
- Empty AddFirst(object content "Content to add") - Adds the specified content as the first children of this document or element.
- Empty AddFirst(params AnyType) - Adds the specified content as the first children of this document or element.
- Array of XElement Ancestors() - Returns a collection of the ancestor elements of this node.
- Array of XElement Ancestors(string name "Name of ancestor to look for") - Returns a filtered collection of the ancestor elements of this node. Only elements that have a matching name are included in the collection.
- Array of XElement AncestorsAndSelf() - Returns a collection of elements that contain this element, and the ancestors of this element.
- Array of XElement AncestorsAndSelf(string name "Name of ancestor to look for") - Returns a collection of elements that contain this element, and the ancestors of this element. Only elements that have a matching name are included in the collection.
- Array of XElement Descendants() - Returns a collection of the descendant elements for this document or element, in document order.
- Array of XElement Descendants(string name "Name of ancestor to look for") - Returns a collection of the descendant elements for this document or element, in document order. Only elements that have a matching name are included in the collection.
- Array of XElement DescendantsAndSelf() - Returns a collection of elements that contain this element, and all descendant elements of this element, in document order.
- Array of XElement DescendantsAndSelf(string name "Name of ancestor to look for") - Returns a filtered collection of elements that contain this element, and all descendant elements of this element, in document order. Only elements that have a matching name are included in the collection.
- XElement Element(string name "Name of ancestor to look for") - Gets the first (in document order) child element with the specified name.
- Array of XElement Elements() - Returns a collection of the child elements of this element or document, in document order.
- Array of XElement Elements(string name "Name of ancestor to look for") - Returns a collection of the child elements of this element or document, in document order. Only elements that have a matching name are included in the collection.
- Array of XElement ElementsAfterSelf() - Returns a collection of the sibling elements after this node, in document order.
- Array of XElement ElementsAfterSelf(string name "Name of ancestor to look for") - Returns a filtered collection of the sibling elements after this node, in document order. Only elements that have a matching name are included in the collection.
- Array of XElement ElementsBeforeSelf() - Returns a collection of the sibling elements before this node, in document order.
- Array of XElement ElementsBeforeSelf(string name "Name of ancestor to look for") - Returns a filtered collection of the sibling elements before this node, in document order. Only elements that have a matching name are included in the collection.
- object this[] { get; }(string attributename "The attribute name.") - Gets an attribute value.
- bool HasElement(string name "Name of ancestor to look for") - Check if a child element exists with the specified name.
- Empty Remove() - Removes this node from its parent.
- Empty RemoveAll() - Removes nodes and attributes from this element.
- Empty RemoveAttributes() - Removes attributes from this element.
- Empty RemoveNodes() - Removes the child nodes from this document or element.
- Empty ReplaceWith(object content "Content to replace with") - Replaces this node with the specified content.
- Empty ReplaceWith(params AnyType) - Replaces this node with the specified content.
- Empty ReplaceWith(object content "Content to replace with") - Replaces the children nodes of this document or element with the specified content.
- Empty ReplaceWith(params AnyType) - Replaces the children nodes of this document or element with the specified content.
- Empty this[] { set; }(string attributename "The attribute name.", object value "Value to set.") - Sets an attribute value.
- string ToString() - The string representation of the object.
Properties
- Dictionary Attributes { get; set; } - Get/sets the collection of attributes of this element. The get returns a copy, use the indexer instead.
- bool HasAttributes { get; } - Gets a value indicating whether this element as at least one attribute.
- bool HasElements { get; } - Gets a value indicating whether this element has at least one child element.
- bool IsEmpty { get; } - Gets a value indicating whether this element contains no content.
- string Name { get; set; } - Gets/sets the name of this element.
- string ObjectTypeName { get; } - The name of the type of object.
- XElement Parent { get; } - Gets the parent XElement
- (From object) TypeInformation TypeInformation { get; } - Get information about this class.
- string Value { get; set; } - Gets/sets the concatenated text contents of this element.