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XmlDocument::DocumentType Property

Gets the node containing the DOCTYPE declaration.

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

public:
virtual property XmlDocumentType^ DocumentType {
	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.

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

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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