XmlAttributeCollection.Append(XmlAttribute) Method
Definition
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Inserts the specified attribute as the last node in the collection.
public:
System::Xml::XmlAttribute ^ Append(System::Xml::XmlAttribute ^ node);
public:
virtual System::Xml::XmlAttribute ^ Append(System::Xml::XmlAttribute ^ node);
public System.Xml.XmlAttribute Append (System.Xml.XmlAttribute node);
public virtual System.Xml.XmlAttribute Append (System.Xml.XmlAttribute node);
member this.Append : System.Xml.XmlAttribute -> System.Xml.XmlAttribute
abstract member Append : System.Xml.XmlAttribute -> System.Xml.XmlAttribute
override this.Append : System.Xml.XmlAttribute -> System.Xml.XmlAttribute
Public Function Append (node As XmlAttribute) As XmlAttribute
Public Overridable Function Append (node As XmlAttribute) As XmlAttribute
Parameters
- node
- XmlAttribute
The attribute to insert.
Returns
The XmlAttribute
to append to the collection.
Exceptions
node
was created from a document different from the one that created this collection.
Examples
The following example adds a new attribute to a document.
#using <System.Xml.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
doc->LoadXml( "<book ISBN='1-861001-57-5'><title>Pride And Prejudice</title></book>" );
//Create a new attribute.
XmlAttribute^ newAttr = doc->CreateAttribute( "genre" );
newAttr->Value = "novel";
//Create an attribute collection and add the new attribute
//to the collection.
XmlAttributeCollection^ attrColl = doc->DocumentElement->Attributes;
attrColl->Append( newAttr );
Console::WriteLine( "Display the modified XML...\r\n" );
Console::WriteLine( doc->OuterXml );
}
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
public class Sample
{
public static void Main(){
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml("<book ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" +
"<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" +
"</book>");
//Create a new attribute.
XmlAttribute newAttr = doc.CreateAttribute("genre");
newAttr.Value = "novel";
//Create an attribute collection and add the new attribute
//to the collection.
XmlAttributeCollection attrColl = doc.DocumentElement.Attributes;
attrColl.Append(newAttr);
Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML...\r\n");
Console.WriteLine(doc.OuterXml);
}
}
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml
public class Sample
public shared sub Main()
Dim doc as XmlDocument = new XmlDocument()
doc.LoadXml("<book ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" & _
"<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" & _
"</book>")
'Create a new attribute.
Dim newAttr as XmlAttribute = doc.CreateAttribute("genre")
newAttr.Value = "novel"
'Create an attribute collection and add the new attribute
'to the collection.
Dim attrColl as XmlAttributeCollection = doc.DocumentElement.Attributes
attrColl.Append(newAttr)
Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML...")
Console.WriteLine(doc.OuterXml)
end sub
end class
Remarks
If an attribute with the same name is already present in the collection, the original attribute is removed from the collection and node
is added to the end of the collection.
This method is a Microsoft extension to the Document Object Model (DOM).