XmlDocument.DocumentElement Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlDocument.cs

Gets the root XmlElement for the document.

public:
 property System::Xml::XmlElement ^ DocumentElement { System::Xml::XmlElement ^ get(); };

public System.Xml.XmlElement? DocumentElement { get; }

member this.DocumentElement : System.Xml.XmlElement

Public ReadOnly Property DocumentElement As XmlElement

Property Value

XmlElement

The XmlElement that represents the root of the XML document tree. If no root exists, null is returned.

Examples

The following example displays the root element of the XML document.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   
   //Create the XmlDocument.
   XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
   doc->LoadXml( "<?xml version='1.0' ?><book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'><title>Pride And Prejudice</title></book>" );
   
   //Display the document element.
   Console::WriteLine( doc->DocumentElement->OuterXml );
}

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample
{
  public static void Main()
  {
    //Create the XmlDocument.
    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
    doc.LoadXml("<?xml version='1.0' ?>" +
                "<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" +
                "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" +
                "</book>");

    //Display the document element.
    Console.WriteLine(doc.DocumentElement.OuterXml);
 }
}

Option Strict
Option Explicit

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        'Create the XmlDocument.
        Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
        doc.LoadXml("<?xml version='1.0' ?>" & _
                    "<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" & _
                    "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" & _
                    "</book>")
        
        'Display the document element.
        Console.WriteLine(doc.DocumentElement.OuterXml)
    End Sub
End Class

Output:

<book genre="novel" ISBN="1-861001-57-5"><title>Pride And Prejudice</title></book>