XmlNodeReader.AttributeCount Property

public:
 virtual property int AttributeCount { int get(); };

public override int AttributeCount { get; }

member this.AttributeCount : int

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property AttributeCount As Integer

Property Value

The number of attributes on the current node. This number includes default attributes.

Examples

The following example reads all the attributes on the root node.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   XmlNodeReader^ reader = nullptr;
   try
   {
      
      //Create and load the XML document.
      XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
      doc->LoadXml( "<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861003-78' publicationdate='1987'> "
      "</book>" );
      
      //Load the XmlNodeReader 
      reader = gcnew XmlNodeReader( doc );
      
      //Read the attributes on the root element.
      reader->MoveToContent();
      if ( reader->HasAttributes )
      {
         for ( int i = 0; i < reader->AttributeCount; i++ )
         {
            reader->MoveToAttribute( i );
            Console::WriteLine( "{0} = {1}", reader->Name, reader->Value );

         }
         reader->MoveToElement();
      }
   }
   finally
   {
      if ( reader != nullptr )
            reader->Close();
   }

}

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

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

    try
    {
       //Create and load the XML document.
       XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
       doc.LoadXml("<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861003-78' publicationdate='1987'> " +
                   "</book>");

       //Load the XmlNodeReader
       reader = new XmlNodeReader(doc);

       //Read the attributes on the root element.
       reader.MoveToContent();
       if (reader.HasAttributes){
         for (int i=0; i<reader.AttributeCount; i++){
            reader.MoveToAttribute(i);
            Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", reader.Name, reader.Value);
         }
         //Return the reader to the book element.
         reader.MoveToElement();
       }
     }

     finally
     {
        if (reader != null)
          reader.Close();
      }
  }
} // End class

Option Strict
Option Explicit

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim reader As XmlNodeReader = Nothing
        Try
            'Create and load the XML document.
            Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
            doc.LoadXml("<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861003-78' publicationdate='1987'> " & _
                       "</book>")
            
            'Load the XmlNodeReader 
            reader = New XmlNodeReader(doc)
            
            'Read the attributes on the root element.
            reader.MoveToContent()
            If reader.HasAttributes Then
                Dim i As Integer
                For i = 0 To reader.AttributeCount - 1
                    reader.MoveToAttribute(i)
                    Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", reader.Name, reader.Value)
                Next i
                'Return the reader to the book element.
                reader.MoveToElement()
            End If
        
        Finally
            If Not (reader Is Nothing) Then
                reader.Close()
            End If
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

This property is relevant to Element, DocumentType and XmlDeclaration nodes only. (Other node types do not have attributes.)

Applies to