please tell how can i findout node object of any attribute.

Question

i have got a object of attribute and i want to know what is its node name (who contain this attribut) .. please give me solution (vb.net preferable)..

Answer 1

Lets say I think I know what you want. The name of the node from a given attribute.

How about something like

Dim s As String = "<nodelist><node><val id=""test""/></node></nodelist>"
Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
doc.LoadXml(s)
Dim attribute As XmlAttribute = doc.SelectSingleNode("//nodelist/node/val").Attributes(0)
Dim name As String = attribute.OwnerElement.Name

Answer 2

With XmlDocument:

        string xml = @"<xml><el att=""abc""/></xml>";
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        doc.LoadXml(xml);
        XmlAttribute attr = (XmlAttribute)
            doc.SelectSingleNode("//@att");
        string elName = attr.OwnerElement.Name;

or with XDocument:

        string xml = @"<xml><el att=""abc""/></xml>";
        XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(xml);
        XAttribute attr = ((XElement)doc.Root.FirstNode).FirstAttribute;
        string elName = attr.Parent.Name.LocalName;