Returns the InnerText value from a node or string.Empty if the node is null.
using System; using System.Xml; namespace Microsoft.SnippetLibrary { /// <summary> /// Summary description for Util. /// </summary> public class Utility { /// <summary> /// Returns the InnerText value from a node /// or string.Empty if the node is null. /// </summary> /// <param name="element"></param> /// <returns></returns> public static string GetTextFromElement(XmlElement element) { if (element == null) return string.Empty; else return element.InnerText; } } }