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.