XmlAttribute.ReplaceChild(XmlNode, XmlNode) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Xml

Assemblies:: System.Xml.dll, System.Xml.XmlDocument.dll

Assembly:: System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Assembly:: System.Xml.XmlDocument.dll

Assembly:: System.Xml.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: XmlAttribute.cs

Source:: XmlAttribute.cs

Source:: XmlAttribute.cs

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Replaces the child node specified with the new child node specified.

public:
 override System::Xml::XmlNode ^ ReplaceChild(System::Xml::XmlNode ^ newChild, System::Xml::XmlNode ^ oldChild);

public override System.Xml.XmlNode ReplaceChild (System.Xml.XmlNode newChild, System.Xml.XmlNode oldChild);

override this.ReplaceChild : System.Xml.XmlNode * System.Xml.XmlNode -> System.Xml.XmlNode

Public Overrides Function ReplaceChild (newChild As XmlNode, oldChild As XmlNode) As XmlNode

Parameters

newChild: XmlNode

The new child XmlNode.

oldChild: XmlNode

The XmlNode to replace.

Returns

XmlNode

The XmlNode replaced.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

This node is of a type that does not allow child nodes of the type of the newChild node.

The newChild is an ancestor of this node.

ArgumentException

The newChild was created from a different document than the one that created this node.

This node is read-only.

The oldChild is not a child of this node.

Examples

For an example of the ReplaceChild method, see the ReplaceChild method.

Remarks

If the newChild is already in the tree, it is first removed.

If the newChild was created from another document, you can use XmlDocument.ImportNode to import the node to the current document.

Applies to