XmlNodeType Enum
Definition
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Specifies the type of node.
public enum class XmlNodeType
public enum XmlNodeType
type XmlNodeType =
Public Enum XmlNodeType
- Inheritance
Fields
Attribute | 2 | An attribute (for example, |
CDATA | 4 | A CDATA section (for example, |
Comment | 8 | A comment (for example, |
Document | 9 | A document object that, as the root of the document tree, provides access to the entire XML document. |
DocumentFragment | 11 | A document fragment. |
DocumentType | 10 | The document type declaration, indicated by the following tag (for example, |
Element | 1 | An element (for example, |
EndElement | 15 | An end element tag (for example, |
EndEntity | 16 | Returned when |
Entity | 6 | An entity declaration (for example, |
EntityReference | 5 | A reference to an entity (for example, |
None | 0 | This is returned by the XmlReader if a |
Notation | 12 | A notation in the document type declaration (for example, |
ProcessingInstruction | 7 | A processing instruction (for example, |
SignificantWhitespace | 14 | White space between markup in a mixed content model or white space within the |
Text | 3 | The text content of a node. A Text node cannot have any child nodes. It can appear as the child node of the Attribute, DocumentFragment, Element, and EntityReference nodes. |
Whitespace | 13 | White space between markup. |
XmlDeclaration | 17 | The XML declaration (for example, The XmlDeclaration node must be the first node in the document. It cannot have children. It is a child of the Document node. It can have attributes that provide version and encoding information. |
Remarks
The following table provides additional information about XML nodes, as well as their parent and child nodes.
Field | Description | Can have child nodes: | Can be a child node of: |
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Attribute |
EntityReference , Text |
None. It is not considered a child node of an Element . |
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CDATA |
CDATA sections are used to escape blocks of text that would otherwise be recognized as markup. | None. | DocumentFragment , EntityReference , and Element |
Comment |
None. | Document , DocumentFragment , EntityReference |
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Document |
XmlDeclaration , Element (a maximum of one), ProcessingInstruction , Comment , DocumentType |
None | |
DocumentFragment |
Associates a node or subtree with a document without actually being contained within the document. | Element , ProcessingInstruction , Comment , Text , CDATA , EntityReference |
None. |
DocumentType |
Notation , Entity |
None | |
Element |
Element , Text , Comment , ProcessingInstruction , CDATA , EntityReference |
Document , DocumentFragment , EntityReference , Element |
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EndElement |
Returned when the XmlReader gets to the end of an element. | ||
EndEntity |
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Entity |
Child nodes that represent the expanded entity (for example, Text and EntityReference nodes) |
DocumentType |
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EntityReference |
Element , ProcessingInstruction , Comment , Text , CDATA , EntityReference |
Attribute , DocumentFragment , Element , EntityReference |
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None |
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Notation |
None | DocumentType |
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ProcessingInstruction |
None | Document , DocumentFragment , Element , EntityReference |
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SignificantWhitespace |
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Text |
None | Attribute , DocumentFragment , Element , EntityReference |
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Whitespace |
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XmlDeclaration |
Must be the first node in the document. It can have attributes that provide version and encoding information. | None | Document |