XmlNode.NextSibling Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlNode.cs

Gets the node immediately following this node.

public:
 virtual property System::Xml::XmlNode ^ NextSibling { System::Xml::XmlNode ^ get(); };

public virtual System.Xml.XmlNode? NextSibling { get; }

member this.NextSibling : System.Xml.XmlNode

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property NextSibling As XmlNode

Property Value

XmlNode

The next XmlNode. If there is no next node, null is returned.

Examples

The following example displays all the books in the XML document.

#using <System.Xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Xml;
int main()
{
   XmlDocument^ doc = gcnew XmlDocument;
   doc->Load( "books.xml" );
   XmlNode^ currNode = doc->DocumentElement->FirstChild;
   Console::WriteLine( "First book..." );
   Console::WriteLine( currNode->OuterXml );
   XmlNode^ nextNode = currNode->NextSibling;
   Console::WriteLine( "\r\nSecond book..." );
   Console::WriteLine( nextNode->OuterXml );
}

using System;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample4
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        doc.Load("books.xml");

        XmlNode currNode = doc.DocumentElement.FirstChild;
        Console.WriteLine("First book...");
        Console.WriteLine(currNode.OuterXml);

        XmlNode nextNode = currNode.NextSibling;
        Console.WriteLine("\r\nSecond book...");
        Console.WriteLine(nextNode.OuterXml);
    }
}

Imports System.Xml
 
public class Sample 

  public shared sub Main() 

      Dim doc as XmlDocument = new XmlDocument()
      doc.Load("books.xml")

      Dim currNode as XmlNode = doc.DocumentElement.FirstChild
      Console.WriteLine("First book...")
      Console.WriteLine(currNode.OuterXml)

      Dim nextNode as XmlNode = currNode.NextSibling
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.LF + "Second book...")
      Console.WriteLine(nextNode.OuterXml) 

  end sub
end class