XmlDocument::DocumentType Property

 

Gets the node containing the DOCTYPE declaration.

Namespace:   System.Xml
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)

public:
property XmlDocumentType^ DocumentType {
	virtual XmlDocumentType^ get();
}

Property Value

Type: System.Xml::XmlDocumentType^

The XmlNode containing the DocumentType (DOCTYPE declaration).

An XmlDocument can have one and only one child with XmlNodeType equal to DocumentType.

System_CAPS_noteNote

This property is read-only. To change the DocumentType node, delete the existing node, create a new one using the CreateDocumentType method, and add the new node to the document.

The following example gets and displays the DOCTYPE declaration for the document.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{

   // Create the XmlDocument.
   XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
   doc->LoadXml( "<!DOCTYPE book [<!ENTITY h 'hardcover'>]>"
   "<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>"
   "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>"
   "<style>&h;</style>"
   "</book>" );

   // Display the DocumentType.
   Console::WriteLine( doc->DocumentType->OuterXml );
}

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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