XPathNavigator.InsertBefore Method
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Creates a new sibling node before the currently selected node.
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. |
- 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();
public virtual System.Xml.XmlWriter InsertBefore ();
abstract member InsertBefore : unit -> System.Xml.XmlWriter
override this.InsertBefore : unit -> System.Xml.XmlWriter
Public Overridable Function InsertBefore () As XmlWriter
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 = gcnew 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);
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);
Dim document As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument()
document.Load("contosoBooks.xml")
Dim navigator As XPathNavigator = 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")
Dim pages As XmlWriter = 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.
The new sibling node is not inserted until the Close method of the XmlWriter object is called.
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 |
- 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(System::String ^ newSibling);
public virtual void InsertBefore (string newSibling);
abstract member InsertBefore : string -> unit
override this.InsertBefore : string -> unit
Public Overridable Sub InsertBefore (newSibling As String)
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 = gcnew 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);
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);
Dim document As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument()
document.Load("contosoBooks.xml")
Dim navigator As XPathNavigator = 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.
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 |
- 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);
public virtual void InsertBefore (System.Xml.XmlReader newSibling);
abstract member InsertBefore : System.Xml.XmlReader -> unit
override this.InsertBefore : System.Xml.XmlReader -> unit
Public Overridable Sub InsertBefore (newSibling As XmlReader)
Parameters
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 = gcnew 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(gcnew StringReader("<pages xmlns=\"http://www.contoso.com/books\">100</pages>"));
navigator->InsertBefore(pages);
navigator->MoveToParent();
Console::WriteLine(navigator->OuterXml);
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);
Dim document As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument()
document.Load("contosoBooks.xml")
Dim navigator As XPathNavigator = 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")
Dim pages As XmlReader = 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 |
- 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);
public virtual void InsertBefore (System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator newSibling);
abstract member InsertBefore : System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator -> unit
override this.InsertBefore : System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator -> unit
Public Overridable Sub InsertBefore (newSibling As XPathNavigator)
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 = gcnew 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 = gcnew XmlDocument();
childNodes->Load(gcnew StringReader("<pages xmlns=\"http://www.contoso.com/books\">100</pages>"));
XPathNavigator^ childNodesNavigator = childNodes->CreateNavigator();
navigator->InsertBefore(childNodesNavigator);
navigator->MoveToParent();
Console::WriteLine(navigator->OuterXml);
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);
Dim document As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument()
document.Load("contosoBooks.xml")
Dim navigator As XPathNavigator = 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")
Dim childNodes As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument()
childNodes.Load(New StringReader("<pages xmlns='http://www.contoso.com/books'>100</pages>"))
Dim childNodesNavigator As XPathNavigator = 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.
If the XPathNavigator 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 |
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