Question

I need to be able get a single specific attribute from an element with a specific local name but any namespace (if you are familiar with XMPP you will understand why). Apart from writing my own (enumerator or single select) extension methods, any ideas?

I have the following, but I don’t like it at all:

        XAttribute from = (from c in elem.Attributes()                            where c.Name.LocalName == 'from'                            select c).FirstOrDefault<XAttribute>();          XAttribute to = (from c in elem.Attributes()                          where c.Name.LocalName == 'to'                          select c).FirstOrDefault<XAttribute>(); 

edit: would like something like:

        string val = (string)elem.Attribute('{*}to'); 

solution:

        XAttribute from = elem.Attributes()             .FirstOrDefault(a => a.Name.LocalName == 'from');          XAttribute to = elem.Attributes()             .FirstOrDefault(a => a.Name.LocalName == 'to'); 

Answer 1

If you don’t like the syntax, you can use this one;

elem.Attributes().FirstOrDefault(a=>a.Name.LocalName == 'from');