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XmlText Class

Namespace: System.Xml

Assembly: System.Xml.dll

Overview

The XmlText class represents the text content of an XML element or attribute. It inherits from XmlCharacterData and provides methods to manipulate the text value.

Syntax

public class XmlText : XmlCharacterData
Constructors
Properties
Methods
Examples
SignatureSummary
XmlText(string data) Initializes a new instance of the XmlText class with the specified text.
XmlText(string data, XmlDocument doc) Initializes a new instance of the XmlText class with the specified text and associates it with an XmlDocument.
PropertyTypeSummary
InnerText string Gets or sets the value of the node.
Data string Gets or sets the text data of the node.
NodeType XmlNodeType Always returns XmlNodeType.Text.
MethodSignatureSummary
CloneNode XmlNode CloneNode(bool deep) Creates a duplicate of this node.
SplitText XmlText SplitText(int offset) Splits the text node at the specified offset.
AppendData void AppendData(string data) Appends the specified string to the end of the node's data.

Creating and Using XmlText

// Create an XML document
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
XmlElement root = doc.CreateElement("greeting");
doc.AppendChild(root);

// Create a text node
XmlText txt = doc.CreateTextNode("Hello, world!");
root.AppendChild(txt);

// Output the XML
Console.WriteLine(doc.OuterXml);

Output:

<greeting>Hello, world!</greeting>

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