How can I write xml with a namespace and prefix with XElement?

Question

This may be a beginner xml question, but how can I generate an xml document that looks like the following?

<root xmlns:ci="http://somewhere.com" xmlns:ca="http://somewhereelse.com">     <ci:field1>test</ci:field1>     <ca:field2>another test</ca:field2> </root> 

If I can get this to be written, I can get the rest of my problem to work.

Ideally, I'd like to use LINQ to XML (XElement, XNamespace, etc.) with c#, but if this can be accomplished easier/better with XmlDocuments and XmlElements, I'd go with that.

Thanks!!!

Answer 1

Here is a small example that creates the output you want:

using System; using System.Xml.Linq;  class Program {     static void Main()     {         XNamespace ci = "http://somewhere.com";         XNamespace ca = "http://somewhereelse.com";          XElement element = new XElement("root",             new XAttribute(XNamespace.Xmlns + "ci", ci),             new XAttribute(XNamespace.Xmlns + "ca", ca),                 new XElement(ci + "field1", "test"),                 new XElement(ca + "field2", "another test"));     } } 

Answer 2

Try this code:

string prefix = element.GetPrefixOfNamespace(element.Name.NamespaceName); string name = String.Format(prefix == null ? "{1}" : "{0}:{1}", prefix, element.Name.LocalName);`