System.Xml.XmlDocument.CreateElement Method

Creates an element with the specified XmlNode.Prefix, XmlDocument.LocalName, and XmlNode.NamespaceURI.

Syntax

public virtual XmlElement CreateElement (string prefix, string localName, string namespaceURI)

Parameters

prefix
The prefix of the new element (if any). String.Empty and null are equivalent.
localName
The local name of the new element.
namespaceURI
The namespace URI of the new element (if any). String.Empty and null are equivalent.

Returns

The new System.Xml.XmlElement.

Remarks

The following C# code

Example

 XmlElement elem;
 elem=doc.CreateElement("xy", "item", "urn:abc");

creates an element equivalent to the following XML text:

Example

<xy:item xmlns:xy="urn:abc"/>

Although this method creates the new object in the context of the document, it does not automatically add the new object to the document tree. To add the new object, you must explicitly call one of the node insert methods.

According to the W3C Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 recommendation (www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml-19980210), Element nodes are allowed within Document and Element nodes, and in EntityReference nodes when the EntityReference is outside an Attribute node.

This method is a Microsoft extension to the Document Object Model (DOM).

Requirements

Namespace: System.Xml
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0