Gets the value from the XML node's child elements.

Namespace: DotNetNuke.Collections
Assembly: DotNetNuke (in DotNetNuke.dll)

Syntax

C#
public static T GetValue<T>(
	this XContainer node,
	string key
)
Visual Basic
<ExtensionAttribute> 
Public Shared Function GetValue(Of T) ( 
	node As XContainer,
	key As String
) As T

Parameters

node
Type: System.Xml.Linq..::..XContainer
An XML node which containers other elements.
key
Type: System..::..String
The name of the element from which to get the value.

Type Parameters

T
The type of the value to retrieve

Return Value

A T instance.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type XContainer. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see [b8020aae-374d-46a9-bcb7-8cc2390b93b6] or [175ce3ff-9bbf-4e64-8421-faeb81a0bb51].

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
System..::..InvalidCastException the value is null and T is a value type, or the value does not implement the IConvertible interface and no cast is defined from the value to T
System..::..ArgumentNullExceptionnode is null
System..::..ArgumentExceptionnode does not contain a value for key

See Also