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XmlNode Class
 ChildNodes Property

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XmlNode..::.ChildNodes Property

Gets all the child nodes of the node.

Namespace:  System.Xml
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property ChildNodes As XmlNodeList
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As XmlNode
Dim value As XmlNodeList

value = instance.ChildNodes
C#
public virtual XmlNodeList ChildNodes { get; }
Visual C++
public:
virtual property XmlNodeList^ ChildNodes {
    XmlNodeList^ get ();
}
JScript
public function get ChildNodes () : XmlNodeList

Property Value

Type: System.Xml..::.XmlNodeList
An XmlNodeList that contains all the child nodes of the node.
If there are no child nodes, this property returns an empty XmlNodeList.

The following example displays all the child nodes of the root element.

Visual Basic
Option Strict
Option Explicit

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample

    Public Shared Sub Main()

        Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
        doc.LoadXml("<book ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" & _
                    "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" & _
                    "<price>19.95</price>" & _
                    "</book>")

        Dim root As XmlNode = doc.FirstChild

        'Display the contents of the child nodes.
        If root.HasChildNodes Then
            Dim i As Integer
            For i = 0 To root.ChildNodes.Count - 1
                Console.WriteLine(root.ChildNodes(i).InnerText)
            Next i
        End If
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Sample

C#
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>" +
                "<price>19.95</price>" +
                "</book>");

    XmlNode root = doc.FirstChild;

    //Display the contents of the child nodes.
    if (root.HasChildNodes)
    {
      for (int i=0; i<root.ChildNodes.Count; i++)
      {
        Console.WriteLine(root.ChildNodes[i].InnerText);
      }
    }
  }
}

Visual C++
#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>"
   "<price>19.95</price>"
   "</book>" );
   XmlNode^ root = doc->FirstChild;

   //Display the contents of the child nodes.
   if ( root->HasChildNodes )
   {
      for ( int i = 0; i < root->ChildNodes->Count; i++ )
      {
         Console::WriteLine( root->ChildNodes[ i ]->InnerText );
      }
   }
}

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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, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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