Gets a value indicating whether the value was explicitly set.
[Visual Basic] Overridable Public ReadOnly Property Specified As Boolean [C#] public bool Specified {virtual get;} [C++] public: __property virtual bool get_Specified(); [JScript] public function get Specified() : Boolean;
true if this attribute was explicitly given a value in the original document; otherwise, false.
Note that the implementation is in charge of this property, not the user. If the user changes the value of the attribute (even if it ends up having the same value as the default value) then the specified flag is automatically flipped to true. To re-specify the attribute as the default value from the DTD, the user must delete the attribute. The implementation will then make a new attribute available with specified set to false and the default value (if one exists).
In summary:
XmlAttribute Class | XmlAttribute Members | System.NewXml Namespace