XContainer.FirstNode Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Linq

Assembly:

System.Xml.XDocument.dll

Source:

XContainer.cs

Gets the first child node of this node.

public:
 property System::Xml::Linq::XNode ^ FirstNode { System::Xml::Linq::XNode ^ get(); };

public System.Xml.Linq.XNode? FirstNode { get; }

member this.FirstNode : System.Xml.Linq.XNode

Public ReadOnly Property FirstNode As XNode

Property Value

XNode

An XNode containing the first child node of the XContainer.

Examples

The following example creates an element that contains child elements. It then gets the first child node of the parent element.

XElement xmlTree = new XElement("Root",  
    new XElement("Child1", 1),  
    new XElement("Child2", 2),  
    new XElement("Child3", 3),  
    new XElement("Child4", 4),  
    new XElement("Child5", 5)  
);  
XNode firstNode = xmlTree.FirstNode;  
Console.WriteLine(firstNode);  

Dim xmlTree As XElement = _   
        <Root>  
            <Child1>1</Child1>  
            <Child2>2</Child2>  
            <Child3>3</Child3>  
            <Child4>4</Child4>  
            <Child5>5</Child5>  
        </Root>  

Dim firstNode As XNode = xmlTree.FirstNode  
Console.WriteLine(firstNode)  

This example produces the following output:

<Child1>1</Child1>  

See also

• LastNode
• Nodes()
• LINQ to XML overview