XPathNavigator.PrependChild Method

Definition

Creates a new child node at the beginning of the list of child nodes of the current node.

Overloads

PrependChild()

Returns an XmlWriter object used to create a new child node at the beginning of the list of child nodes of the current node.

PrependChild(String)

Creates a new child node at the beginning of the list of child nodes of the current node using the XML string specified.

PrependChild(XmlReader)

Creates a new child node at the beginning of the list of child nodes of the current node using the XML contents of the XmlReader object specified.

PrependChild(XPathNavigator)

Creates a new child node at the beginning of the list of child nodes of the current node using the nodes in the XPathNavigator object specified.

PrependChild()

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

Returns an XmlWriter object used to create a new child node at the beginning of the list of child nodes of the current node.

C#
public virtual System.Xml.XmlWriter PrependChild ();

Returns

An XmlWriter object used to create a new child node at the beginning of the list of child nodes of the current node.

Exceptions

The current node the XPathNavigator is positioned on does not allow a new child node to be prepended.

The XPathNavigator does not support editing.

Examples

In the following example, a new pages child element is prepended to the beginning of the list of child elements of the first book element in the contosoBooks.xml file using the XmlWriter object returned from the PrependChild method.

C#
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");

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

Console.WriteLine(navigator.OuterXml);

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

XML
<?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

Prepending a child node adds the new node to the beginning of the list of child nodes for the current node. For example, when three child nodes exist for an element, the prepended node becomes the first child node. If no child nodes exist, then a new child node is created.

The following are important notes to consider when using the PrependChild 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

PrependChild(String)

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

Creates a new child node at the beginning of the list of child nodes of the current node using the XML string specified.

C#
public virtual void PrependChild (string newChild);

Parameters

newChild
String

The XML data string for the new child node.

Exceptions

The XML string parameter is null.

The current node the XPathNavigator is positioned on does not allow a new child node to be prepended.

The XPathNavigator does not support editing.

The XML string parameter is not well-formed.

Examples

In the following example, a new pages child element is prepended to the beginning of the list of child elements of the first book element in the contosoBooks.xml file.

C#
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.PrependChild("<pages>100</pages>");

Console.WriteLine(navigator.OuterXml);

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

XML
<?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

Prepending a child node adds the new node to the beginning of the list of child nodes for the current node. For example, when three child nodes exist for an element, the prepended node becomes the first child node. If no child nodes exist, then a new child node is created.

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

The following are important notes to consider when using the PrependChild 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

PrependChild(XmlReader)

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

Creates a new child node at the beginning of the list of child nodes of the current node using the XML contents of the XmlReader object specified.

C#
public virtual void PrependChild (System.Xml.XmlReader newChild);

Parameters

newChild
XmlReader

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

Exceptions

The XmlReader object is in an error state or closed.

The XmlReader object parameter is null.

The current node the XPathNavigator is positioned on does not allow a new child node to be prepended.

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 child element is prepended to the beginning of the list of child elements 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 child element is prepended using the same namespace as the XML document.

C#
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");

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

navigator.PrependChild(pages);

Console.WriteLine(navigator.OuterXml);

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

XML
<?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

Prepending a child node adds the new node to the beginning of the list of child nodes for the current node. For example, when three child nodes exist for an element, the prepended node becomes the first child node. If no child nodes exist, then a new child node is created.

The following are important notes to consider when using the PrependChild 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

PrependChild(XPathNavigator)

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

Creates a new child node at the beginning of the list of child nodes of the current node using the nodes in the XPathNavigator object specified.

C#
public virtual void PrependChild (System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator newChild);

Parameters

newChild
XPathNavigator

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

Exceptions

The XPathNavigator object parameter is null.

The current node the XPathNavigator is positioned on does not allow a new child node to be prepended.

The XPathNavigator does not support editing.

Examples

In the following example, a new pages child element is prepended to the beginning of the list of child elements 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 child element is prepended using the same namespace as the XML document.

C#
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");

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

navigator.PrependChild(childNodesNavigator);

Console.WriteLine(navigator.OuterXml);

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

XML
<?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

Prepending a child node adds the new node to the beginning of the list of child nodes for the current node. For example, when three child nodes exist for an element, the prepended node becomes the first child node. If no child nodes exist, then a new child node is created.

The following are important notes to consider when using the PrependChild 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