XmlTextWriter.WriteName(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Xml

Assembly:: System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Assembly:: System.Xml.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: XmlTextWriter.cs

Source:: XmlTextWriter.cs

Source:: XmlTextWriter.cs

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Writes out the specified name, ensuring it is a valid name according to the W3C XML 1.0 recommendation.

public:
 override void WriteName(System::String ^ name);

public override void WriteName (string name);

override this.WriteName : string -> unit

Public Overrides Sub WriteName (name As String)

Parameters

name: String

Name to write.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

name is not a valid XML name; or name is either null or String.Empty.

Remarks

Note

Starting with the .NET Framework 2.0, we recommend that you create XmlWriter instances by using the XmlWriter.Create method and the XmlWriterSettings class to take advantage of new functionality.

If Namespaces is set to true, WriteName also checks that the name is also valid according to the W3C Namespaces in XML recommendation.

Applies to