XPathNavigator.InsertBefore Method

Definition

Creates a new sibling node before the currently selected node.

Overloads

InsertBefore()

Returns an XmlWriter object used to create a new sibling node before the currently selected node.

InsertBefore(String)

Creates a new sibling node before the currently selected node using the XML string specified.

InsertBefore(XmlReader)

Creates a new sibling node before the currently selected node using the XML contents of the XmlReader object specified.

InsertBefore(XPathNavigator)

Creates a new sibling node before the currently selected node using the nodes in the XPathNavigator specified.

InsertBefore()

Source:
XPathNavigator.cs
Source:
XPathNavigator.cs
Source:
XPathNavigator.cs

Returns an XmlWriter object used to create a new sibling node before the currently selected node.

public virtual System.Xml.XmlWriter InsertBefore ();

Returns

An XmlWriter object used to create a new sibling node before the currently selected node.

Exceptions

The position of the XPathNavigator does not allow a new sibling node to be inserted before the current node.

The XPathNavigator does not support editing.

Examples

In the following example a new pages element is inserted before the price child element of the first book element in the contosoBooks.xml file using the XmlWriter object returned by the InsertBefore method.

XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
document.Load("contosoBooks.xml");
XPathNavigator navigator = document.CreateNavigator();

navigator.MoveToChild("bookstore", "http://www.contoso.com/books");
navigator.MoveToChild("book", "http://www.contoso.com/books");
navigator.MoveToChild("price", "http://www.contoso.com/books");

XmlWriter pages = navigator.InsertBefore();
pages.WriteElementString("pages", "100");
pages.Close();

navigator.MoveToParent();
Console.WriteLine(navigator.OuterXml);

The example takes the contosoBooks.xml file as an input.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>  
<bookstore xmlns="http://www.contoso.com/books">  
    <book genre="autobiography" publicationdate="1981-03-22" ISBN="1-861003-11-0">  
        <title>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</title>  
        <author>  
            <first-name>Benjamin</first-name>  
            <last-name>Franklin</last-name>  
        </author>  
        <price>8.99</price>  
    </book>  
    <book genre="novel" publicationdate="1967-11-17" ISBN="0-201-63361-2">  
        <title>The Confidence Man</title>  
        <author>  
            <first-name>Herman</first-name>  
            <last-name>Melville</last-name>  
        </author>  
        <price>11.99</price>  
    </book>  
    <book genre="philosophy" publicationdate="1991-02-15" ISBN="1-861001-57-6">  
        <title>The Gorgias</title>  
        <author>  
            <name>Plato</name>  
        </author>  
        <price>9.99</price>  
    </book>  
</bookstore>  

Remarks

The following are important notes to consider when using the InsertBefore method.

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
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 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

InsertBefore(String)

Source:
XPathNavigator.cs
Source:
XPathNavigator.cs
Source:
XPathNavigator.cs

Creates a new sibling node before the currently selected node using the XML string specified.

public virtual void InsertBefore (string newSibling);

Parameters

newSibling
String

The XML data string for the new sibling node.

Exceptions

The XML string parameter is null.

The position of the XPathNavigator does not allow a new sibling node to be inserted before the current node.

The XPathNavigator does not support editing.

The XML string parameter is not well-formed.

Examples

In the following example a new pages element is inserted before the price child element of the first book element in the contosoBooks.xml file.

XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
document.Load("contosoBooks.xml");
XPathNavigator navigator = document.CreateNavigator();

navigator.MoveToChild("bookstore", "http://www.contoso.com/books");
navigator.MoveToChild("book", "http://www.contoso.com/books");
navigator.MoveToChild("price", "http://www.contoso.com/books");

navigator.InsertBefore("<pages>100</pages>");

navigator.MoveToParent();
Console.WriteLine(navigator.OuterXml);

The example takes the contosoBooks.xml file as an input.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>  
<bookstore xmlns="http://www.contoso.com/books">  
    <book genre="autobiography" publicationdate="1981-03-22" ISBN="1-861003-11-0">  
        <title>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</title>  
        <author>  
            <first-name>Benjamin</first-name>  
            <last-name>Franklin</last-name>  
        </author>  
        <price>8.99</price>  
    </book>  
    <book genre="novel" publicationdate="1967-11-17" ISBN="0-201-63361-2">  
        <title>The Confidence Man</title>  
        <author>  
            <first-name>Herman</first-name>  
            <last-name>Melville</last-name>  
        </author>  
        <price>11.99</price>  
    </book>  
    <book genre="philosophy" publicationdate="1991-02-15" ISBN="1-861001-57-6">  
        <title>The Gorgias</title>  
        <author>  
            <name>Plato</name>  
        </author>  
        <price>9.99</price>  
    </book>  
</bookstore>  

Remarks

To create a new element node, include all XML syntax in the XML string parameter. The string for a new book node is InsertBefore("<book/>"). The string for inserting the text "book" before the current node's text node is InsertBefore("book"). If the XML string contains multiple nodes, all nodes are added.

The following are important notes to consider when using the InsertBefore method.

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
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 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

InsertBefore(XmlReader)

Source:
XPathNavigator.cs
Source:
XPathNavigator.cs
Source:
XPathNavigator.cs

Creates a new sibling node before the currently selected node using the XML contents of the XmlReader object specified.

public virtual void InsertBefore (System.Xml.XmlReader newSibling);

Parameters

newSibling
XmlReader

An XmlReader object positioned on the XML data for the new sibling node.

Exceptions

The XmlReader object is in an error state or closed.

The XmlReader object parameter is null.

The position of the XPathNavigator does not allow a new sibling node to be inserted before the current node.

The XPathNavigator does not support editing.

The XML contents of the XmlReader object parameter is not well-formed.

Examples

In the following example a new pages element is inserted before the price child element of the first book element in the contosoBooks.xml file using the XmlReader object specified. The http://www.contoso.com/books namespace is specified so that the new sibling element is inserted using the same namespace as the XML document.

XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
document.Load("contosoBooks.xml");
XPathNavigator navigator = document.CreateNavigator();

navigator.MoveToChild("bookstore", "http://www.contoso.com/books");
navigator.MoveToChild("book", "http://www.contoso.com/books");
navigator.MoveToChild("price", "http://www.contoso.com/books");

XmlReader pages = XmlReader.Create(new StringReader("<pages xmlns=\"http://www.contoso.com/books\">100</pages>"));

navigator.InsertBefore(pages);

navigator.MoveToParent();
Console.WriteLine(navigator.OuterXml);

The example takes the contosoBooks.xml file as an input.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>  
<bookstore xmlns="http://www.contoso.com/books">  
    <book genre="autobiography" publicationdate="1981-03-22" ISBN="1-861003-11-0">  
        <title>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</title>  
        <author>  
            <first-name>Benjamin</first-name>  
            <last-name>Franklin</last-name>  
        </author>  
        <price>8.99</price>  
    </book>  
    <book genre="novel" publicationdate="1967-11-17" ISBN="0-201-63361-2">  
        <title>The Confidence Man</title>  
        <author>  
            <first-name>Herman</first-name>  
            <last-name>Melville</last-name>  
        </author>  
        <price>11.99</price>  
    </book>  
    <book genre="philosophy" publicationdate="1991-02-15" ISBN="1-861001-57-6">  
        <title>The Gorgias</title>  
        <author>  
            <name>Plato</name>  
        </author>  
        <price>9.99</price>  
    </book>  
</bookstore>  

Remarks

The following are important notes to consider when using the InsertBefore method.

  • If the XmlReader object is positioned over a sequence of XML nodes, all the nodes in the sequence are added.

  • The InsertBefore method is valid only when the XPathNavigator is positioned on an element, text, processing instruction, or comment node.

  • The InsertBefore method does not affect the position of the XPathNavigator.

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
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 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

InsertBefore(XPathNavigator)

Source:
XPathNavigator.cs
Source:
XPathNavigator.cs
Source:
XPathNavigator.cs

Creates a new sibling node before the currently selected node using the nodes in the XPathNavigator specified.

public virtual void InsertBefore (System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator newSibling);

Parameters

newSibling
XPathNavigator

An XPathNavigator object positioned on the node to add as the new sibling node.

Exceptions

The XPathNavigator object parameter is null.

The position of the XPathNavigator does not allow a new sibling node to be inserted before the current node.

The XPathNavigator does not support editing.

Examples

In the following example a new pages element is inserted before the price child element of the first book element in the contosoBooks.xml file using the node contained in the XPathNavigator object specified. The http://www.contoso.com/books namespace is specified so that the new sibling element is inserted using the same namespace as the XML document.

XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
document.Load("contosoBooks.xml");
XPathNavigator navigator = document.CreateNavigator();

navigator.MoveToChild("bookstore", "http://www.contoso.com/books");
navigator.MoveToChild("book", "http://www.contoso.com/books");
navigator.MoveToChild("price", "http://www.contoso.com/books");

XmlDocument childNodes = new XmlDocument();
childNodes.Load(new StringReader("<pages xmlns=\"http://www.contoso.com/books\">100</pages>"));
XPathNavigator childNodesNavigator = childNodes.CreateNavigator();

navigator.InsertBefore(childNodesNavigator);

navigator.MoveToParent();
Console.WriteLine(navigator.OuterXml);

The example takes the contosoBooks.xml file as an input.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>  
<bookstore xmlns="http://www.contoso.com/books">  
    <book genre="autobiography" publicationdate="1981-03-22" ISBN="1-861003-11-0">  
        <title>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</title>  
        <author>  
            <first-name>Benjamin</first-name>  
            <last-name>Franklin</last-name>  
        </author>  
        <price>8.99</price>  
    </book>  
    <book genre="novel" publicationdate="1967-11-17" ISBN="0-201-63361-2">  
        <title>The Confidence Man</title>  
        <author>  
            <first-name>Herman</first-name>  
            <last-name>Melville</last-name>  
        </author>  
        <price>11.99</price>  
    </book>  
    <book genre="philosophy" publicationdate="1991-02-15" ISBN="1-861001-57-6">  
        <title>The Gorgias</title>  
        <author>  
            <name>Plato</name>  
        </author>  
        <price>9.99</price>  
    </book>  
</bookstore>  

Remarks

The following are important notes to consider when using the InsertBefore method.

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
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 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