CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#xmllinqxelement
jerryh91
jerryh91

Reputation: 1795

Failing on checking on existence of xml attribute in linq?

I have an list of "IEnumerable " all of the same elements: "elem1", that I got by

IEnumerable <XElement> childList = 
                    from el in sessionXML.DescendantsAndSelf().Elements("elem1")
                    select el;

childList:

<elem1 att1= "..." att2= "..."> </elem1>
<elem1 att1= "..." att2= "..." att3 = "..."> </elem1>
<elem1 att1> </elem1>

Not all of the elements have the same attributes. I'm trying to check the existence of att3, if so, I'd like to print this element, when I did below code, it still gives me a "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error:

 foreach (XElement e in childList)
        {
            //Check if attribute "target" exists
            if (e.Attribute("att3").Value != null)
            {
                Console.writeLine(e);
            }
        }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 59

Answers (1)

Giannis Paraskevopoulos
Giannis Paraskevopoulos

Reputation: 18411

Checking .Value or any other property on a null object is illegal:

if (e.Attribute("att3") != null)

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions