XContainer.FirstNode Property

Definition

Gets the first child node of this node.

public System.Xml.Linq.XNode FirstNode { get; }
public System.Xml.Linq.XNode? FirstNode { get; }

Property Value

An XNode containing the first child node of the XContainer.

Examples

The following example creates an element that contains child elements. It then gets the first child node of the parent element.

XElement xmlTree = new XElement("Root",  
    new XElement("Child1", 1),  
    new XElement("Child2", 2),  
    new XElement("Child3", 3),  
    new XElement("Child4", 4),  
    new XElement("Child5", 5)  
);  
XNode firstNode = xmlTree.FirstNode;  
Console.WriteLine(firstNode);  

This example produces the following output:

<Child1>1</Child1>  

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

See also