Represents the abstract concept of a node (element, comment, document type, processing instruction, or text node) in the XML tree.
(in System.Xml.Linq.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public MustInherit Class XNode _
Inherits XObject
public abstract class XNode : XObject
public ref class XNode abstract : public XObject
public abstract class XNode extends XObject
XNode is an abstract common base class for:
XContainer is an abstract common base class for:
Objects of classes that derive from XContainer can contain child nodes.
.gif) Note: |
|---|
An XAttribute is not an XNode. Attributes are maintained as a list of name/value pairs on an element. |
If you are writing a complex XML application, such as an XML editor or a word processor that stores content as XML, you will often work at the node level. Typical activities when working at the node level include adding nodes, deleting nodes, transforming nodes, and iterating through axes that return collections of nodes.
System..::.Object
System.Xml.Linq..::.XObject
System.Xml.Linq..::.XNode
System.Xml.Linq..::.XComment
System.Xml.Linq..::.XContainer
System.Xml.Linq..::.XDocumentType
System.Xml.Linq..::.XProcessingInstruction
System.Xml.Linq..::.XText
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0
Reference
Other Resources