XmlNode Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlNode.cs

Represents a single node in the XML document.

public ref class XmlNode abstract : ICloneable, System::Collections::IEnumerable, System::Xml::XPath::IXPathNavigable

public abstract class XmlNode : ICloneable, System.Collections.IEnumerable, System.Xml.XPath.IXPathNavigable

type XmlNode = class
    interface IEnumerable
    interface ICloneable
    interface IXPathNavigable

Public MustInherit Class XmlNode
Implements ICloneable, IEnumerable, IXPathNavigable

Inheritance

Object

XmlNode

Derived

System.Xml.XmlAttribute

System.Xml.XmlDocument

System.Xml.XmlDocumentFragment

System.Xml.XmlEntity

System.Xml.XmlLinkedNode

System.Xml.XmlNotation

Implements

IEnumerable ICloneable IXPathNavigable

Remarks

This class implements the W3C Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Core and the Core DOM Level 2. The DOM is an in-memory (cache) tree representation of an XML document. XmlNode is the base class in the .NET implementation of the DOM. It supports XPath selections and provides editing capabilities. The XmlDocument class extends XmlNode and represents an XML document. You can use XmlDocument to load and save XML data. It also includes methods for node creation. See XML Document Object Model (DOM) for more information.

Important

Exceptions raised as a result of using the XmlNode class, such as the XmlException class may contain sensitive information that should not be exposed in untrusted scenarios. Exceptions should be properly handled so that this sensitive information is not exposed in untrusted scenarios.

Properties

Attributes	Gets an XmlAttributeCollection containing the attributes of this node.
BaseURI	Gets the base URI of the current node.
ChildNodes	Gets all the child nodes of the node.
FirstChild	Gets the first child of the node.
HasChildNodes	Gets a value indicating whether this node has any child nodes.
InnerText	Gets or sets the concatenated values of the node and all its child nodes.
InnerXml	Gets or sets the markup representing only the child nodes of this node.
IsReadOnly	Gets a value indicating whether the node is read-only.
Item[String, String]	Gets the first child element with the specified LocalName and NamespaceURI.
Item[String]	Gets the first child element with the specified Name.
LastChild	Gets the last child of the node.
LocalName	Gets the local name of the node, when overridden in a derived class.
Name	Gets the qualified name of the node, when overridden in a derived class.
NamespaceURI	Gets the namespace URI of this node.
NextSibling	Gets the node immediately following this node.
NodeType	Gets the type of the current node, when overridden in a derived class.
OuterXml	Gets the markup containing this node and all its child nodes.
OwnerDocument	Gets the XmlDocument to which this node belongs.
ParentNode	Gets the parent of this node (for nodes that can have parents).
Prefix	Gets or sets the namespace prefix of this node.
PreviousSibling	Gets the node immediately preceding this node.
PreviousText	Gets the text node that immediately precedes this node.
SchemaInfo	Gets the post schema validation infoset that has been assigned to this node as a result of schema validation.
Value	Gets or sets the value of the node.

Methods

AppendChild(XmlNode)	Adds the specified node to the end of the list of child nodes, of this node.
Clone()	Creates a duplicate of this node.
CloneNode(Boolean)	Creates a duplicate of the node, when overridden in a derived class.
CreateNavigator()	Creates an XPathNavigator for navigating this object.
Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
GetEnumerator()	Gets an enumerator that iterates through the child nodes in the current node.
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetNamespaceOfPrefix(String)	Looks up the closest xmlns declaration for the given prefix that is in scope for the current node and returns the namespace URI in the declaration.
GetPrefixOfNamespace(String)	Looks up the closest xmlns declaration for the given namespace URI that is in scope for the current node and returns the prefix defined in that declaration.
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
InsertAfter(XmlNode, XmlNode)	Inserts the specified node immediately after the specified reference node.
InsertBefore(XmlNode, XmlNode)	Inserts the specified node immediately before the specified reference node.
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
Normalize()	Puts all XmlText nodes in the full depth of the sub-tree underneath this XmlNode into a "normal" form where only markup (that is, tags, comments, processing instructions, CDATA sections, and entity references) separates XmlText nodes, that is, there are no adjacent XmlText nodes.
PrependChild(XmlNode)	Adds the specified node to the beginning of the list of child nodes for this node.
RemoveAll()	Removes all the child nodes and/or attributes of the current node.
RemoveChild(XmlNode)	Removes specified child node.
ReplaceChild(XmlNode, XmlNode)	Replaces the child node oldChild with newChild node.
SelectNodes(String, XmlNamespaceManager)	Selects a list of nodes matching the XPath expression. Any prefixes found in the XPath expression are resolved using the supplied XmlNamespaceManager.
SelectNodes(String)	Selects a list of nodes matching the XPath expression.
SelectSingleNode(String, XmlNamespaceManager)	Selects the first XmlNode that matches the XPath expression. Any prefixes found in the XPath expression are resolved using the supplied XmlNamespaceManager.
SelectSingleNode(String)	Selects the first XmlNode that matches the XPath expression.
Supports(String, String)	Tests if the DOM implementation implements a specific feature.
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)
WriteContentTo(XmlWriter)	Saves all the child nodes of the node to the specified XmlWriter, when overridden in a derived class.
WriteTo(XmlWriter)	Saves the current node to the specified XmlWriter, when overridden in a derived class.

Explicit Interface Implementations

ICloneable.Clone()	For a description of this member, see Clone().
IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()	For a description of this member, see GetEnumerator().

Extension Methods

Cast<TResult>(IEnumerable)	Casts the elements of an IEnumerable to the specified type.
OfType<TResult>(IEnumerable)	Filters the elements of an IEnumerable based on a specified type.
AsParallel(IEnumerable)	Enables parallelization of a query.
AsQueryable(IEnumerable)	Converts an IEnumerable to an IQueryable.

See also

• SelectNodes(String)
• [<topic://cpconCreateNewNodesInDOM>]