IsEmptyElement Property

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When overridden in a derived class, gets a value indicating whether the current node is an empty element (for example, <MyElement/>).

Namespace:  System.Xml
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property IsEmptyElement As Boolean

public virtual bool IsEmptyElement { get; }

public:
virtual property bool IsEmptyElement {
    bool get ();
}

abstract IsEmptyElement : bool with get
override IsEmptyElement : bool with get

function get IsEmptyElement () : boolean

Property Value

Type: System. . :: . .Boolean
true if the current node is an element (NodeType equals XmlNodeType.Element) that ends with />; otherwise, false.

Remarks

This property enables you to determine the difference between the following:

<item num="123"/> (IsEmptyElement is true).

<item num="123"></item> (IsEmptyElement is false, although element content is empty).

A corresponding EndElement node is not generated for empty elements.

If default content has been added to an element due to schema validation, IsEmptyElement still returns true. It has no bearing on whether or not the element has a default value. In other words, IsEmptyElement simply reports whether or not the element in the source document had an end element tag.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.

See Also

Reference

XmlReader Class

System.Xml Namespace