XObject.Changing Event

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Linq

Assembly:

System.Xml.XDocument.dll

Source:

XObject.cs

Raised when this XObject or any of its descendants are about to change.

public:
 event EventHandler<System::Xml::Linq::XObjectChangeEventArgs ^> ^ Changing;

public event EventHandler<System.Xml.Linq.XObjectChangeEventArgs> Changing;

member this.Changing : EventHandler<System.Xml.Linq.XObjectChangeEventArgs> 

Public Custom Event Changing As EventHandler(Of XObjectChangeEventArgs) 

Event Type

EventHandler<XObjectChangeEventArgs>

Examples

The following example adds an event handler to the root element of an XML tree. It then modifies the tree, causing LINQ to XML to raise some events.

XElement root = new XElement("Root", "content");  
root.Changing += new EventHandler<XObjectChangeEventArgs>(  
    (sender, cea) =>  
    {  
        Console.WriteLine("Changing event raised");  
        XElement xSender = (XElement)sender;  
        Console.WriteLine("  Sender: {0}", xSender.Name);  
        Console.WriteLine("  ObjectChange: {0}", cea.ObjectChange);  
    }  
);  
root.Changed += new EventHandler<XObjectChangeEventArgs>(  
    (sender, cea) =>  
    {  
        Console.WriteLine("Changed event raised");  
        XElement xSender = (XElement)sender;  
        Console.WriteLine("  Sender: {0}", xSender.Name);  
        Console.WriteLine("  ObjectChange: {0}", cea.ObjectChange);  
    }  
);  
root.Add(new XElement("Child", "child content"));  

Module Module1  
    WithEvents root As XElement = <Root>content</Root>  

    Sub Main()  
        root.Add(<Child>child content</Child>)  
    End Sub  

    Private Sub root_Changing( _  
            ByVal sender As Object, _  
            ByVal e As XObjectChangeEventArgs) _  
            Handles root.Changing  
        Dim xSender As XElement = CType(sender, XElement)  
        Console.WriteLine("Changing event raised")  
        Console.WriteLine("  Sender: {0}", xSender.Name)  
        Console.WriteLine("  ObjectChange: {0}", e.ObjectChange)  
    End Sub  

    Private Sub root_Changed( _  
            ByVal sender As Object, _  
            ByVal e As XObjectChangeEventArgs) _  
            Handles root.Changed  
        Dim xSender As XElement = CType(sender, XElement)  
        Console.WriteLine("Changed event raised")  
        Console.WriteLine("  Sender: {0}", xSender.Name)  
        Console.WriteLine("  ObjectChange: {0}", e.ObjectChange)  
    End Sub  
End Module  

This example produces the following output:

Changing event raised  
  Sender: Child  
  ObjectChange: Add  
Changed event raised  
  Sender: Child  
  ObjectChange: Add  

Remarks

Events are raised only from modification of an XML tree, not from construction of an XML tree. You have to add an event handler to an event before you can receive events, and you can't add an event handler before you have a reference to an XObject. You can't get a reference to an XObject before the XML tree is constructed. This means that during functional construction of an XML tree, you will not receive events.

You should be careful when modifying an XML tree within one of these events, because doing this might lead to unexpected results. For example, if you receive a Changing event, and while the event is being processed you remove the node from the tree, you might not receive the Changed event. When an event is being processed, it is valid to modify an XML tree other than the one that contains the node that is receiving the event; it is even valid to modify the same tree provided the modifications do not affect the specific nodes on which the event was raised. However, if you modify the area of the tree that contains the node receiving the event, the events that you receive and the impact to the tree are undefined.

See also

• LINQ to XML overview