XPathNavigator.MoveToNextAttribute Method

public:
 abstract bool MoveToNextAttribute();

public abstract bool MoveToNextAttribute();

abstract member MoveToNextAttribute : unit -> bool

Public MustOverride Function MoveToNextAttribute () As Boolean

true if the XPathNavigator is successful moving to the next attribute; false if there are no more attributes. If false, the position of the XPathNavigator is unchanged.

The following example uses the MoveToFirstAttribute and MoveToNextAttribute methods to display all the attributes for each book in the books.xml file.

XPathDocument document = new XPathDocument("books.xml");
XPathNavigator navigator = document.CreateNavigator();

// Select all book nodes and display all attributes on each book.
XPathNodeIterator nodes = navigator.SelectDescendants("book", "", false);
while (nodes.MoveNext())
{
    XPathNavigator navigator2 = nodes.Current.Clone();
    navigator2.MoveToFirstAttribute();
    Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", navigator2.Name, navigator2.Value);

    while (navigator2.MoveToNextAttribute())
    {
        Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", navigator2.Name, navigator2.Value);
    }

    Console.WriteLine();
}

Dim document As XPathDocument = New XPathDocument("books.xml")
Dim navigator As XPathNavigator = document.CreateNavigator()

' Select all book nodes and display all attributes on each book.
Dim nodes As XPathNodeIterator = navigator.SelectDescendants("book", "", False)
While nodes.MoveNext()
    Dim navigator2 As XPathNavigator = nodes.Current.Clone()
    navigator2.MoveToFirstAttribute()
    Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", navigator2.Name, navigator2.Value)

    While navigator2.MoveToNextAttribute()
        Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", navigator2.Name, navigator2.Value)
    End While

    Console.WriteLine()
End While

The example takes the books.xml file as an input.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<bookstore>
    <book genre="autobiography" publicationdate="1981-03-22" ISBN="1-861003-11-0">
        <title>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</title>
        <author>
            <first-name>Benjamin</first-name>
            <last-name>Franklin</last-name>
        </author>
        <price>8.99</price>
    </book>
    <book genre="novel" publicationdate="1967-11-17" ISBN="0-201-63361-2">
        <title>The Confidence Man</title>
        <author>
            <first-name>Herman</first-name>
            <last-name>Melville</last-name>
        </author>
        <price>11.99</price>
    </book>
    <book genre="philosophy" publicationdate="1991-02-15" ISBN="1-861001-57-6">
        <title>The Gorgias</title>
        <author>
            <name>Plato</name>
        </author>
        <price>9.99</price>
    </book>
</bookstore>

If the XPathNavigator is not currently positioned on an attribute, this method returns false and the position of the XPathNavigator does not change.

When the XPathNavigator is positioned on an attribute, the methods MoveToNext, MoveToPrevious, and MoveToFirst methods are not applicable. These methods always return false and do not change the position of the XPathNavigator.

After the XPathNavigator is positioned on an attribute, you can call MoveToParent to move to the owner element.

• MoveToFirstAttribute()
• MoveToAttribute(String, String)
• GetAttribute(String, String)
• HasAttributes