XmlNode.ChildNodes Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlNode.cs

Gets all the child nodes of the node.

public:
 virtual property System::Xml::XmlNodeList ^ ChildNodes { System::Xml::XmlNodeList ^ get(); };

public virtual System.Xml.XmlNodeList ChildNodes { get; }

member this.ChildNodes : System.Xml.XmlNodeList

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property ChildNodes As XmlNodeList

Property Value

XmlNodeList

An object that contains all the child nodes of the node.

If there are no child nodes, this property returns an empty XmlNodeList.

Examples

The following example displays all the child nodes of the root element.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml;

int main()
{
   XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
   doc->LoadXml( "<book ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>"
   "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>"
   "<price>19.95</price>"
   "</book>" );
   XmlNode^ root = doc->FirstChild;
   
   //Display the contents of the child nodes.
   if ( root->HasChildNodes )
   {
      for ( int i = 0; i < root->ChildNodes->Count; i++ )
      {
         Console::WriteLine( root->ChildNodes[ i ]->InnerText );
      }
   }
}

using System;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample2
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        doc.LoadXml("<book ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" +
                    "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" +
                    "<price>19.95</price>" +
                    "</book>");

        XmlNode root = doc.FirstChild;

        //Display the contents of the child nodes.
        if (root.HasChildNodes)
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < root.ChildNodes.Count; i++)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(root.ChildNodes[i].InnerText);
            }
        }
    }
}

Option Strict
Option Explicit

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        
        Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
        doc.LoadXml("<book ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" & _
                    "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" & _
                    "<price>19.95</price>" & _
                    "</book>")
        
        Dim root As XmlNode = doc.FirstChild
        
        'Display the contents of the child nodes.
        If root.HasChildNodes Then
            Dim i As Integer
            For i = 0 To root.ChildNodes.Count - 1
                Console.WriteLine(root.ChildNodes(i).InnerText)
            Next i
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

For information about child nodes, see the W3C DOM (Core) Level 1 specification