XElement class

XElement : An element in an xml document

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), AnyType value (Value of the element)) - Create a new element with a name and value

Methods

Empty Add(AnyType 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(AnyType content (Content to add)) - Adds the specified content immediately after this node.
Empty AddBeforeSelf(AnyType content(Content to add)) - Adds the specified content immediately before this node.
Empty AddFirst(AnyType 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 Ancestors() - Returns a collection of the ancestor elements of this node.
array 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 AncestorsAndSelf() - Returns a collection of elements that contain this element, and the ancestors of this element.
array 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 Descendants() - Returns a collection of the descendant elements for this document or element, in document order.
array 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 DescendantsAndSelf() - Returns a collection of elements that contain this element, and all descendant elements of this element, in document order.
array 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 Elements() - Returns a collection of the child elements of this element or document, in document order.
array 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 ElementsAfterSelf() - Returns a collection of the sibling elements after this node, in document order.
array 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 ElementsBeforeSelf() - Returns a collection of the sibling elements before this node, in document order.
array 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.
string get_Item(string attributename(The attribute name.)) - Gets an attribute value.
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(AnyType 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(AnyType 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 set_Item(string attributename (The attribute name.), string value(Value to set.)) - Sets an attribute value.
string ToString() - The string representation of the object.

Properties

Dictionary Attributes HasGetter HasSetter - Get/sets the collection of attributes of this element. The get returns a copy, use the indexer instead.
bool HasAttributes HasGetter - Gets a value indicating whether this element as at least one attribute.
bool HasElements HasGetter - Gets a value indicating whether this element has at least one child element.
bool IsEmpty HasGetter - Gets a value indicating whether this element contains no content.
string Name HasGetter HasSetter - Gets/sets the name of this element.
string ObjectTypeName HasGetter - The name of the type of object.
XElement Parent HasGetter - Gets the parent XElement
TypeInformation TypeInformation HasGetter - Get information about this class.
string Value HasGetter HasSetter - Gets/sets the concatenated text contents of this element.