XmlElement.RemoveAll Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlElement.cs

Removes all specified attributes and children of the current node. Default attributes are not removed.

public:
 override void RemoveAll();

public override void RemoveAll ();

override this.RemoveAll : unit -> unit

Public Overrides Sub RemoveAll ()

Examples

The following example removes all attributes and child nodes from the root element.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
   doc->LoadXml( "<book xmlns:bk='urn:samples' bk:ISBN='1-861001-57-5'><title>Pride And Prejudice</title></book>" );
   
   // Remove all attributes and child nodes from the book element.
   XmlElement^ root = doc->DocumentElement;
   root->RemoveAll();
   Console::WriteLine( "Display the modified XML..." );
   Console::WriteLine( doc->InnerXml );
}

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

public class Sample
{
  public static void Main()
  {

    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
    doc.LoadXml("<book xmlns:bk='urn:samples' bk:ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" +
                "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" +
                "</book>");

    // Remove all attributes and child nodes from the book element.
    XmlElement root = doc.DocumentElement;
    root.RemoveAll();

    Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML...");
    Console.WriteLine(doc.InnerXml);
  }
}

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

public class Sample

  public shared sub Main()

    Dim doc as XmlDocument = new XmlDocument()
    doc.LoadXml("<book xmlns:bk='urn:samples' bk:ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" & _
                "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" & _
                "</book>")

    Dim root as XmlElement = doc.DocumentElement

    ' Remove all attributes and child nodes from the book element.
    root.RemoveAll()

    Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML...")
    Console.WriteLine(doc.InnerXml)

  end sub
end class