XmlDocumentFragment.OwnerDocument Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlDocumentFragment.cs

Gets the XmlDocument to which this node belongs.

C#

public override System.Xml.XmlDocument OwnerDocument { get; }

Property Value

XmlDocument

The XmlDocument to which this node belongs.

Examples

The following example adds a new node to the document fragment.

C#

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample
{
  public static void Main()
  {
    // Create the XmlDocument.
    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
    doc.LoadXml("<items/>");

    // Create a document fragment.
    XmlDocumentFragment docFrag = doc.CreateDocumentFragment();

    // Display the owner document of the document fragment.
    Console.WriteLine(docFrag.OwnerDocument.OuterXml);

    // Add nodes to the document fragment. Notice that the
    // new element is created using the owner document of
    // the document fragment.
    XmlElement elem = doc.CreateElement("item");
    elem.InnerText = "widget";
    docFrag.AppendChild(elem);

    Console.WriteLine("Display the document fragment...");
    Console.WriteLine(docFrag.OuterXml);
  }
}

Remarks

When adding nodes to the current node, use the XmlDocument returned by the OwnerDocument property to create the node.

Applies to