XmlDocument Class
Represents an XML document.
System.Xml::XmlNode
System.Xml::XmlDocument
System.Configuration::ConfigXmlDocument
System.Xml::XmlDataDocument
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
The XmlDocument type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() | XmlDocument() | Initializes a new instance of the XmlDocument class. |
![]() ![]() | XmlDocument(XmlImplementation) | Initializes a new instance of the XmlDocument class with the specified XmlImplementation. |
![]() ![]() | XmlDocument(XmlNameTable) | Initializes a new instance of the XmlDocument class with the specified XmlNameTable. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() | Attributes | Gets an XmlAttributeCollection containing the attributes of this node. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | BaseURI | Gets the base URI of the current node. (Overrides XmlNode::BaseURI.) |
![]() ![]() | ChildNodes | Gets all the child nodes of the node. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | DocumentElement | Gets the root XmlElement for the document. |
![]() | DocumentType | Gets the node containing the DOCTYPE declaration. |
![]() ![]() | FirstChild | Gets the first child of the node. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | HasChildNodes | Gets a value indicating whether this node has any child nodes. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | Implementation | Gets the XmlImplementation object for the current document. |
![]() ![]() | InnerText | Gets the concatenated values of the node and all its child nodes. (Overrides XmlNode::InnerText.) In XNA Framework 3.0, this member is inherited from XmlNode::InnerText. |
![]() ![]() | InnerXml | Gets or sets the markup representing the children of the current node. (Overrides XmlNode::InnerXml.) |
![]() ![]() | IsReadOnly | Gets a value indicating whether the current node is read-only. (Overrides XmlNode::IsReadOnly.) |
![]() ![]() | Item[String] | Gets the first child element with the specified Name. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | Item[String, String] | Gets the first child element with the specified LocalName and NamespaceURI. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | LastChild | Gets the last child of the node. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | LocalName | Gets the local name of the node. (Overrides XmlNode::LocalName.) |
![]() ![]() | Name | Gets the qualified name of the node. (Overrides XmlNode::Name.) |
![]() ![]() | NamespaceURI | Gets the namespace URI of this node. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | NameTable | Gets the XmlNameTable associated with this implementation. |
![]() ![]() | NextSibling | Gets the node immediately following this node. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | NodeType | Gets the type of the current node. (Overrides XmlNode::NodeType.) |
![]() ![]() | OuterXml | Gets the markup representing this node and all its child nodes. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | OwnerDocument | Gets the XmlDocument to which the current node belongs. (Overrides XmlNode::OwnerDocument.) |
![]() ![]() | ParentNode | Gets the parent node of this node (for nodes that can have parents). (Overrides XmlNode::ParentNode.) |
![]() ![]() | Prefix | Gets or sets the namespace prefix of this node. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | PreserveWhitespace | Gets or sets a value indicating whether to preserve white space in element content. |
![]() ![]() | PreviousSibling | Gets the node immediately preceding this node. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | SchemaInfo | Returns the Post-Schema-Validation-Infoset (PSVI) of the node. (Overrides XmlNode::SchemaInfo.) |
![]() ![]() | Schemas | Gets or sets the XmlSchemaSet object associated with this XmlDocument. |
![]() ![]() | Value | Gets or sets the value of the node. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | XmlResolver | Sets the XmlResolver to use for resolving external resources. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() | AppendChild | Adds the specified node to the end of the list of child nodes, of this node. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | Clone | Creates a duplicate of this node. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | CloneNode | Creates a duplicate of this node. (Overrides XmlNode::CloneNode(Boolean).) |
![]() ![]() | CreateAttribute(String) | Creates an XmlAttribute with the specified Name. |
![]() ![]() | CreateAttribute(String, String) | Creates an XmlAttribute with the specified qualified name and NamespaceURI. |
![]() ![]() | CreateAttribute(String, String, String) | Creates an XmlAttribute with the specified Prefix, LocalName, and NamespaceURI. |
![]() ![]() | CreateCDataSection | Creates an XmlCDataSection containing the specified data. |
![]() ![]() | CreateComment | Creates an XmlComment containing the specified data. |
![]() ![]() | CreateDefaultAttribute | Creates a default attribute with the specified prefix, local name and namespace URI. |
![]() ![]() | CreateDocumentFragment | Creates an XmlDocumentFragment. |
![]() | CreateDocumentType | Returns a new XmlDocumentType object. |
![]() ![]() | CreateElement(String) | Creates an element with the specified name. |
![]() ![]() | CreateElement(String, String) | Creates an XmlElement with the qualified name and NamespaceURI. |
![]() ![]() | CreateElement(String, String, String) | Creates an element with the specified Prefix, LocalName, and NamespaceURI. |
![]() ![]() | CreateEntityReference | Creates an XmlEntityReference with the specified name. |
![]() | CreateNavigator() | Creates a new XPathNavigator object for navigating this document. (Overrides XmlNode::CreateNavigator().) |
![]() | CreateNavigator(XmlNode) | Creates an XPathNavigator object for navigating this document positioned on the XmlNode specified. |
![]() ![]() | CreateNode(String, String, String) | Creates an XmlNode with the specified node type, Name, and NamespaceURI. |
![]() ![]() | CreateNode(XmlNodeType, String, String) | Creates an XmlNode with the specified XmlNodeType, Name, and NamespaceURI. |
![]() ![]() | CreateNode(XmlNodeType, String, String, String) | Creates a XmlNode with the specified XmlNodeType, Prefix, Name, and NamespaceURI. |
![]() ![]() | CreateProcessingInstruction | Creates an XmlProcessingInstruction with the specified name and data. |
![]() ![]() | CreateSignificantWhitespace | Creates an XmlSignificantWhitespace node. |
![]() ![]() | CreateTextNode | Creates an XmlText with the specified text. |
![]() ![]() | CreateWhitespace | Creates an XmlWhitespace node. |
![]() ![]() | CreateXmlDeclaration | Creates an XmlDeclaration node with the specified values. |
![]() ![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetElementById | Gets the XmlElement with the specified ID. |
![]() ![]() | GetElementsByTagName(String) | Returns an XmlNodeList containing a list of all descendant elements that match the specified Name. |
![]() ![]() | GetElementsByTagName(String, String) | Returns an XmlNodeList containing a list of all descendant elements that match the specified LocalName and NamespaceURI. |
![]() ![]() | GetEnumerator | Provides support for the for each style iteration over the nodes in the XmlNode. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() | GetNamespaceOfPrefix | Looks up the closest xmlns declaration for the given prefix that is in scope for the current node and returns the namespace URI in the declaration. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | GetPrefixOfNamespace | Looks up the closest xmlns declaration for the given namespace URI that is in scope for the current node and returns the prefix defined in that declaration. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() | ImportNode | Imports a node from another document to the current document. |
![]() ![]() | InsertAfter | Inserts the specified node immediately after the specified reference node. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | InsertBefore | Inserts the specified node immediately before the specified reference node. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | Load(Stream) | Loads the XML document from the specified stream. |
![]() ![]() | Load(String) | Loads the XML document from the specified URL. |
![]() ![]() | Load(TextReader) | Loads the XML document from the specified TextReader. |
![]() ![]() | Load(XmlReader) | Loads the XML document from the specified XmlReader. |
![]() ![]() | LoadXml | Loads the XML document from the specified string. |
![]() ![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() | Normalize | Puts all XmlText nodes in the full depth of the sub-tree underneath this XmlNode into a "normal" form where only markup (that is, tags, comments, processing instructions, CDATA sections, and entity references) separates XmlText nodes, that is, there are no adjacent XmlText nodes. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | PrependChild | Adds the specified node to the beginning of the list of child nodes for this node. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | ReadNode | Creates an XmlNode object based on the information in the XmlReader. The reader must be positioned on a node or attribute. |
![]() ![]() | RemoveAll | Removes all the child nodes and/or attributes of the current node. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | RemoveChild | Removes specified child node. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | ReplaceChild | Replaces the child node oldChild with newChild node. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | Save(Stream) | Saves the XML document to the specified stream. |
![]() ![]() | Save(String) | Saves the XML document to the specified file. |
![]() ![]() | Save(TextWriter) | Saves the XML document to the specified TextWriter. |
![]() ![]() | Save(XmlWriter) | Saves the XML document to the specified XmlWriter. |
![]() ![]() | SelectNodes(String) | Selects a list of nodes matching the XPath expression. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | SelectNodes(String, XmlNamespaceManager) | Selects a list of nodes matching the XPath expression. Any prefixes found in the XPath expression are resolved using the supplied XmlNamespaceManager. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | SelectSingleNode(String) | Selects the first XmlNode that matches the XPath expression. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | SelectSingleNode(String, XmlNamespaceManager) | Selects the first XmlNode that matches the XPath expression. Any prefixes found in the XPath expression are resolved using the supplied XmlNamespaceManager. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | Supports | Test if the DOM implementation implements a specific feature. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() | ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() | Validate(ValidationEventHandler) | Validates the XmlDocument against the XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) schemas contained in the Schemas property. |
![]() ![]() | Validate(ValidationEventHandler, XmlNode) | Validates the XmlNode object specified against the XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) schemas in the Schemas property. |
![]() ![]() | WriteContentTo | Saves all the children of the XmlDocument node to the specified XmlWriter. (Overrides XmlNode::WriteContentTo(XmlWriter).) |
![]() ![]() | WriteTo | Saves the XmlDocument node to the specified XmlWriter. (Overrides XmlNode::WriteTo(XmlWriter).) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() | NodeChanged | Occurs when the Value of a node belonging to this document has been changed. |
![]() ![]() | NodeChanging | Occurs when the Value of a node belonging to this document is about to be changed. |
![]() ![]() | NodeInserted | Occurs when a node belonging to this document has been inserted into another node. |
![]() ![]() | NodeInserting | Occurs when a node belonging to this document is about to be inserted into another node. |
![]() ![]() | NodeRemoved | Occurs when a node belonging to this document has been removed from its parent. |
![]() ![]() | NodeRemoving | Occurs when a node belonging to this document is about to be removed from the document. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() ![]() | ICloneable::Clone | For a description of this member, see XmlNode::Clone. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | IEnumerable::GetEnumerator | For a description of this member, see XmlNode::GetEnumerator. (Inherited from XmlNode.) |
This class implements the W3C Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Core and the Core DOM Level 2. The DOM is an in-memory (cache) tree representation of an XML document and enables the navigation and editing of this document. Because XmlDocument implements the IXPathNavigable interface it can also be used as the source document for the XslTransform class.
The XmlDataDocument class extends XmlDocument and allows structured data to be stored, retrieved, and manipulated through a relational DataSet. This class allows components to mix XML and relational views of the underlying data.
For more information, see XML Document Object Model (DOM).
Security Note |
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Exceptions raised as a result of using the XmlDocument class, such as the XmlException class may contain sensitive information that should not be exposed in untrusted scenarios. Exceptions should be properly handled so that this sensitive information is not exposed in untrusted scenarios. |
| Topic | Location |
|---|---|
| How to: Load XML Data in the XML Web Server Control | Building ASP .NET Web Applications |
| How to: Load XML Data in the XML Web Server Control | Building ASP .NET Web Applications |
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