XmlNode.ParentNode Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlNode.cs

Gets the parent of this node (for nodes that can have parents).

C#

public virtual System.Xml.XmlNode? ParentNode { get; }

Property Value

XmlNode

The XmlNode that is the parent of the current node. If a node has just been created and not yet added to the tree, or if it has been removed from the tree, the parent is null. For all other nodes, the value returned depends on the NodeType of the node. The following table describes the possible return values for the ParentNode property.

NodeType	Return Value of ParentNode
Attribute, Document, DocumentFragment, Entity, Notation	Returns null; these nodes do not have parents.
CDATA	Returns the element or entity reference containing the CDATA section.
Comment	Returns the element, entity reference, document type, or document containing the comment.
DocumentType	Returns the document node.
Element	Returns the parent node of the element. If the element is the root node in the tree, the parent is the document node.
EntityReference	Returns the element, attribute, or entity reference containing the entity reference.
ProcessingInstruction	Returns the document, element, document type, or entity reference containing the processing instruction.
Text	Returns the parent element, attribute, or entity reference containing the text node.

Remarks

For information about parent and child nodes, see the W3C DOM (Core) Level 1 specification

Applies to