Mono Class Library: System.Xml.XmlReader Overview | Members

System.Xml.XmlReader.GetAttribute Method

Returns the value of the attribute with the specified qualified name. [Edit]

public abstract string GetAttribute (string name)

Parameters

name
A string specifying the qualified name of the attribute. [Edit]

Returns

A string containing the value of the specified attribute, or null if the attribute is not found. [Edit]

Remarks

Operation
This method does not move the reader.

Note to Inheritors
This method must be overridden in order to provide the functionality described above, as there is no default implementation.

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Example

For an example demonstrating this method, see XmlTextReader.GetAttribute(int)(string, string).

Requirements

Namespace: System.Xml
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0