XmlNodeType Enumeration
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Specifies the type of node.
Namespace: System.Xml
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Enumeration XmlNodeType
public enum XmlNodeType
public enum class XmlNodeType
type XmlNodeType
public enum XmlNodeType
Members
| Member name | Description | |
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| None | This is returned by the XmlReader if a Read method has not been called. | |
| Element | An element (for example, <item> ).
An Element node can have the following child node types: Element, Text, Comment, ProcessingInstruction, CDATA, and EntityReference. It can be the child of the Document, DocumentFragment, EntityReference, and Element nodes. |
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| Attribute | An attribute (for example, id='123' ).
An Attribute node can have the following child node types: Text and EntityReference. The Attribute node does not appear as the child node of any other node type. It is not considered a child node of an Element. |
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| Text | 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. |
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| CDATA | A CDATA section (for example, <![CDATA[my escaped text]]> ).
CDATA sections are used to escape blocks of text that would otherwise be recognized as markup. A CDATA node cannot have any child nodes. It can appear as the child of the DocumentFragment, EntityReference, and Element nodes. |
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| ProcessingInstruction | A processing instruction (for example, <?pi test?> ).
A ProcessingInstruction node cannot have any child nodes. It can appear as the child of the Document, DocumentFragment, Element, and EntityReference nodes. |
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| Comment | A comment (for example, <!-- my comment --> ).
A Comment node cannot have any child nodes. It can appear as the child of the Document, DocumentFragment, Element, and EntityReference nodes. |
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| Whitespace | White space between markup. | |
| SignificantWhitespace | White space between markup in a mixed content model or white space within the xml:space="preserve" scope. | |
| EndElement | An end element tag (for example, </item> ).
EndElement nodes are returned when XmlReader gets to the end of an element. |
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| XmlDeclaration | The XML declaration (for example, <?xml version='1.0'?> ).
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. |