XmlDocument Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlDocument.cs

Represents an XML document. You can use this class to load, validate, edit, add, and position XML in a document.

public ref class XmlDocument : System::Xml::XmlNode

public class XmlDocument : System.Xml.XmlNode

type XmlDocument = class
    inherit XmlNode

Public Class XmlDocument
Inherits XmlNode

Inheritance

Object

XmlNode

XmlDocument

Derived

System.Configuration.ConfigXmlDocument

System.Xml.XmlDataDocument

Remarks

For more information about this API, see Supplemental API remarks for XmlDocument.

Constructors

XmlDocument()	Initializes a new instance of the XmlDocument class.
XmlDocument(XmlImplementation)	Initializes a new instance of the XmlDocument class with the specified XmlImplementation.
XmlDocument(XmlNameTable)	Initializes a new instance of the XmlDocument class with the specified XmlNameTable.

Properties

Attributes	Gets an XmlAttributeCollection containing the attributes of this node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
BaseURI	Gets the base URI of the current node.
ChildNodes	Gets all the child nodes of the node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
DocumentElement	Gets the root XmlElement for the document.
DocumentType	Gets the node containing the DOCTYPE declaration.
FirstChild	Gets the first child of the node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
HasChildNodes	Gets a value indicating whether this node has any child nodes. (Inherited from XmlNode)
Implementation	Gets the XmlImplementation object for the current document.
InnerText	Throws an InvalidOperationException in all cases.
InnerXml	Gets or sets the markup representing the children of the current node.
IsReadOnly	Gets a value indicating whether the current node is read-only.
Item[String, String]	Gets the first child element with the specified LocalName and NamespaceURI. (Inherited from XmlNode)
Item[String]	Gets the first child element with the specified Name. (Inherited from XmlNode)
LastChild	Gets the last child of the node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
LocalName	Gets the local name of the node.
Name	Gets the qualified name of the node.
NamespaceURI	Gets the namespace URI of this node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
NameTable	Gets the XmlNameTable associated with this implementation.
NextSibling	Gets the node immediately following this node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
NodeType	Gets the type of the current node.
OuterXml	Gets the markup containing this node and all its child nodes. (Inherited from XmlNode)
OwnerDocument	Gets the XmlDocument to which the current node belongs.
ParentNode	Gets the parent node of this node (for nodes that can have parents).
Prefix	Gets or sets the namespace prefix of this node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
PreserveWhitespace	Gets or sets a value indicating whether to preserve white space in element content.
PreviousSibling	Gets the node immediately preceding this node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
PreviousText	Gets the text node that immediately precedes this node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
SchemaInfo	Returns the Post-Schema-Validation-Infoset (PSVI) of the node.
Schemas	Gets or sets the XmlSchemaSet object associated with this XmlDocument.
Value	Gets or sets the value of the node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
XmlResolver	Sets the XmlResolver to use for resolving external resources.

Methods

AppendChild(XmlNode)	Adds the specified node to the end of the list of child nodes, of this node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
Clone()	Creates a duplicate of this node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
CloneNode(Boolean)	Creates a duplicate of this node.
CreateAttribute(String)	Creates an XmlAttribute with the specified Name.
CreateAttribute(String, String)	Creates an XmlAttribute with the specified qualified name and NamespaceURI.
CreateAttribute(String, String, String)	Creates an XmlAttribute with the specified Prefix, LocalName, and NamespaceURI.
CreateCDataSection(String)	Creates an XmlCDataSection containing the specified data.
CreateComment(String)	Creates an XmlComment containing the specified data.
CreateDefaultAttribute(String, String, String)	Creates a default attribute with the specified prefix, local name and namespace URI.
CreateDocumentFragment()	Creates an XmlDocumentFragment.
CreateDocumentType(String, String, String, String)	Returns a new XmlDocumentType object.
CreateElement(String)	Creates an element with the specified name.
CreateElement(String, String)	Creates an XmlElement with the qualified name and NamespaceURI.
CreateElement(String, String, String)	Creates an element with the specified Prefix, LocalName, and NamespaceURI.
CreateEntityReference(String)	Creates an XmlEntityReference with the specified name.
CreateNavigator()	Creates a new XPathNavigator object for navigating this document.
CreateNavigator(XmlNode)	Creates an XPathNavigator object for navigating this document positioned on the XmlNode specified.
CreateNode(String, String, String)	Creates an XmlNode with the specified node type, Name, and NamespaceURI.
CreateNode(XmlNodeType, String, String)	Creates an XmlNode with the specified XmlNodeType, Name, and NamespaceURI.
CreateNode(XmlNodeType, String, String, String)	Creates a XmlNode with the specified XmlNodeType, Prefix, Name, and NamespaceURI.
CreateProcessingInstruction(String, String)	Creates an XmlProcessingInstruction with the specified name and data.
CreateSignificantWhitespace(String)	Creates an XmlSignificantWhitespace node.
CreateTextNode(String)	Creates an XmlText with the specified text.
CreateWhitespace(String)	Creates an XmlWhitespace node.
CreateXmlDeclaration(String, String, String)	Creates an XmlDeclaration node with the specified values.
Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
GetElementById(String)	Gets the XmlElement with the specified ID.
GetElementsByTagName(String)	Returns an XmlNodeList containing a list of all descendant elements that match the specified Name.
GetElementsByTagName(String, String)	Returns an XmlNodeList containing a list of all descendant elements that match the specified LocalName and NamespaceURI.
GetEnumerator()	Gets an enumerator that iterates through the child nodes in the current node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
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. (Inherited from XmlNode)
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. (Inherited from XmlNode)
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
ImportNode(XmlNode, Boolean)	Imports a node from another document to the current document.
InsertAfter(XmlNode, XmlNode)	Inserts the specified node immediately after the specified reference node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
InsertBefore(XmlNode, XmlNode)	Inserts the specified node immediately before the specified reference node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
Load(Stream)	Loads the XML document from the specified stream.
Load(String)	Loads the XML document from the specified URL.
Load(TextReader)	Loads the XML document from the specified TextReader.
Load(XmlReader)	Loads the XML document from the specified XmlReader.
LoadXml(String)	Loads the XML document from the specified string.
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. (Inherited from XmlNode)
PrependChild(XmlNode)	Adds the specified node to the beginning of the list of child nodes for this node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
ReadNode(XmlReader)	Creates an XmlNode object based on the information in the XmlReader. The reader must be positioned on a node or attribute.
RemoveAll()	Removes all the child nodes and/or attributes of the current node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
RemoveChild(XmlNode)	Removes specified child node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
ReplaceChild(XmlNode, XmlNode)	Replaces the child node oldChild with newChild node. (Inherited from XmlNode)
Save(Stream)	Saves the XML document to the specified stream.
Save(String)	Saves the XML document to the specified file. If the specified file exists, this method overwrites it.
Save(TextWriter)	Saves the XML document to the specified TextWriter.
Save(XmlWriter)	Saves the XML document to the specified XmlWriter.
SelectNodes(String)	Selects a list of nodes matching the XPath expression. (Inherited from XmlNode)
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. (Inherited from XmlNode)
SelectSingleNode(String)	Selects the first XmlNode that matches the XPath expression. (Inherited from XmlNode)
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. (Inherited from XmlNode)
Supports(String, String)	Tests if the DOM implementation implements a specific feature. (Inherited from XmlNode)
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)
Validate(ValidationEventHandler)	Validates the XmlDocument against the XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) schemas contained in the Schemas property.
Validate(ValidationEventHandler, XmlNode)	Validates the XmlNode object specified against the XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) schemas in the Schemas property.
WriteContentTo(XmlWriter)	Saves all the children of the XmlDocument node to the specified XmlWriter.
WriteTo(XmlWriter)	Saves the XmlDocument node to the specified XmlWriter.

Events

NodeChanged	Occurs when the Value of a node belonging to this document has been changed.
NodeChanging	Occurs when the Value of a node belonging to this document is about to be changed.
NodeInserted	Occurs when a node belonging to this document has been inserted into another node.
NodeInserting	Occurs when a node belonging to this document is about to be inserted into another node.
NodeRemoved	Occurs when a node belonging to this document has been removed from its parent.
NodeRemoving	Occurs when a node belonging to this document is about to be removed from the document.

Explicit Interface Implementations

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

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

• XmlNodeChangedEventHandler