XmlNode.WriteContentTo(XmlWriter) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Xml

Assemblies:: System.Xml.dll, System.Xml.XmlDocument.dll

Assemblies:: netstandard.dll, System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Assembly:: System.Xml.XmlDocument.dll

Assembly:: System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Assembly:: System.Xml.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: XmlNode.cs

Source:: XmlNode.cs

Source:: XmlNode.cs

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Saves all the child nodes of the node to the specified XmlWriter, when overridden in a derived class.

public:
 abstract void WriteContentTo(System::Xml::XmlWriter ^ w);

public abstract void WriteContentTo(System.Xml.XmlWriter w);

abstract member WriteContentTo : System.Xml.XmlWriter -> unit

Public MustOverride Sub WriteContentTo (w As XmlWriter)

Parameters

w: XmlWriter

The XmlWriter to which you want to save.

Examples

The following example displays the contents of the root node to the console.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
   doc->LoadXml( "<book xmlns:bk='urn:samples' bk:ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>"
   "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>"
   "</book>" );
   XmlNode^ root = doc->FirstChild;
   
   // Because WriteContentTo saves only the child nodes of the node
   // to the writer none of the attributes are displayed.
   Console::WriteLine( "Display the contents of the node..." );
   XmlTextWriter^ writer = gcnew XmlTextWriter( Console::Out );
   writer->Formatting = Formatting::Indented;
   root->WriteContentTo( writer );
}

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

public class Sample {

  public static void Main() {

    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
    doc.LoadXml("<book xmlns:bk='urn:samples' bk:ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" +
                "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" +
                "</book>");

    XmlNode root = doc.FirstChild;

    // Because WriteContentTo saves only the child nodes of the node
    // to the writer none of the attributes are displayed.
    Console.WriteLine("Display the contents of the node...");
    XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(Console.Out);
    writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
    root.WriteContentTo(writer);
  }
}

Option Explicit
Option Strict

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        
        Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
        doc.LoadXml("<book xmlns:bk='urn:samples' bk:ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" & _ 
                    "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" & _ 
                    "</book>")
        
        Dim root As XmlNode = doc.FirstChild
        
        ' Because WriteContentTo saves only the child nodes of the node
        ' to the writer none of the attributes are displayed.
        Console.WriteLine("Display the contents of the node...")
        Dim writer As New XmlTextWriter(Console.Out)
        writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented
        root.WriteContentTo(writer)
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

This method is a Microsoft extension to the Document Object Model (DOM). It is functionally equivalent to the InnerXml property.

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, 10
.NET Framework	1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 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	2.0, 2.1
UWP	10.0

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