Adding xmlns namespace in an Xdocument

Question

I want to create an XDocument with whcih will look like below:

<configurations xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://msn.com/csl/featureConfigurationv2">
  <configuration>
    …
  </configuration>
</configurations>

I am facing problem in adding the second attribute. I am trying this:

XYZ.Element("configurations").SetAttributeValue("xmlns", "http://msn.com/csl/featureConfigurationv2");

But its not adding the attribute.

Can you suggest something else please.

Cornelius · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-30 15:16:43Z

1

Try this way

XNamespace ns = XNamespace.Get("http://msn.com/csl/featureConfigurationv2"); 
XDocument doc = new XDocument(
    // Do XDeclaration Stuff
    new XElement("configurations",
        new XAttribute(XNamespace.Xmlns, ns),
        // Do XElement Stuff
     )
);

and this way too

XNamespace ns = "http://msn.com/csl/featureConfigurationv2";
XElement configurations = new XElement(ns + "configurations",
    new XAttribute("xmlns", "http://msn.com/csl/featureConfigurationv2"),
    // Do XElement Stuff
);

edited May 30, 2013 at 15:16

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Diligent Key Presser Over a year ago

Why this answer has been accepted? Both snippets are totally invalid. The first one causes compile-time error, and the second one crashes in runtime.

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