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Thomas Stone
Hi,

I am confused about this...

When I am writing in VB.NET and access the NodeType property of an XmlNode
object, I get back a number such as 1 for elements, or 2 for attributes, or
3 for text nodes (similar to working with NodeType properties in MSXML's
DOM implementation for instance).

But when I do the exact same thing in C#, I get back the name instead:
Element, Attribute, Text, and so on.

Why would these be different in the two languages?

Also, because these are enumeration values, I know I can use ToString() to
convert the numbers to the names, when using VB.NET. But what if I want to
get the numbers and I am working in C#? Is there a method or something I
can use to go that way, from the provided NodeType name to its enumeration
number?

Thanks,

Tom S.
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Dan Wahlin
You can do something like the following (C# shown) to convert a string
back to an enumeration:

deviceCategory =
(DeviceTypesEnum)TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(DeviceTypesEnum)).Co
nvertFromString(stringValue);

You'll need to reference the System.ComponentModel namespace. However,
instead of worrying about that why not just use the enumeration value in
the first place (for both C# and VB.NET) when checking node types (if
(node.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)...., etc.)?

Dan Wahlin

Wahlin Consulting LLC
Microsoft MVP - ASP.NET
http://www.XMLforASP.Net: #1 ASP.NET XML Resource
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Subject: [aspngxml] NodeType values in C# vs. in VB.NET

Hi,

I am confused about this...

When I am writing in VB.NET and access the NodeType property of an
XmlNode
object, I get back a number such as 1 for elements, or 2 for attributes,
or
3 for text nodes (similar to working with NodeType properties in MSXML's

DOM implementation for instance).

But when I do the exact same thing in C#, I get back the name instead:
Element, Attribute, Text, and so on.

Why would these be different in the two languages?

Also, because these are enumeration values, I know I can use ToString()
to
convert the numbers to the names, when using VB.NET. But what if I want
to
get the numbers and I am working in C#? Is there a method or something I

can use to go that way, from the provided NodeType name to its
enumeration
number?

Thanks,

Tom S.

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Joel Mueller
Or if you want to get the integer value of an enumeration, just cast it
to an int:

int foo = (int)node.NodeType;

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