MoveToAttribute Method
Moves the reader to the specified attribute.
Declaration
public bool MoveToAttribute(
string name
)Parameters
-
name: The name of the attribute to move to.
Return Value
true if the attribute is found; otherwise, false.
Remarks
If the current node is an element node, MoveToAttribute attempts to move the reader to the attribute with the specified name. If the attribute is found, the reader's NodeType property is set to XmlNodeType.Attribute, and the reader is positioned on the attribute. If the attribute is not found, the reader remains on the element node.
This method is useful when you want to access specific attributes of an element directly without iterating through all attributes using GetAttribute or MoveToNextAttribute.
Examples
C# Example
using System;
using System.Xml;
public class Example
{
public static void Main()
{
string xml = @"<root><item id='1' name='ExampleItem' /></root>";
using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(xml)))
{
reader.ReadToDescendant("item");
if (reader.MoveToAttribute("id"))
{
Console.WriteLine("Attribute 'id' found: " + reader.Value);
}
if (reader.MoveToAttribute("name"))
{
Console.WriteLine("Attribute 'name' found: " + reader.Value);
}
// Move back to the element node
reader.MoveToElement();
Console.WriteLine("Current node type: " + reader.NodeType);
}
}
}