XmlDocument.CreateTextNode(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlDocument.cs

Creates an XmlText with the specified text.

public:
 virtual System::Xml::XmlText ^ CreateTextNode(System::String ^ text);

public virtual System.Xml.XmlText CreateTextNode (string? text);

abstract member CreateTextNode : string -> System.Xml.XmlText
override this.CreateTextNode : string -> System.Xml.XmlText

Public Overridable Function CreateTextNode (text As String) As XmlText

Parameters

text

String

The text for the Text node.

Returns

XmlText

The new XmlText node.

Examples

The following example creates a new element and adds it to 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( "<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'><title>Pride And Prejudice</title></book>" );
   
   //Create a new node and add it to the document.
   //The text node is the content of the price element.
   XmlElement^ elem = doc->CreateElement( "price" );
   XmlText^ text = doc->CreateTextNode( "19.95" );
   doc->DocumentElement->AppendChild( elem );
   doc->DocumentElement->LastChild->AppendChild( text );
   Console::WriteLine( "Display the modified XML..." );
   doc->Save( Console::Out );
}

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

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

    //Create a new node and add it to the document.
    //The text node is the content of the price element.
    XmlElement elem = doc.CreateElement("price");
    XmlText text = doc.CreateTextNode("19.95");
    doc.DocumentElement.AppendChild(elem);
    doc.DocumentElement.LastChild.AppendChild(text);

    Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML...");
    doc.Save(Console.Out);
  }
}

Option Explicit
Option Strict

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        'Create the XmlDocument.
        Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
        doc.LoadXml("<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>"  & _
                    "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>"  & _
                    "</book>")
        
        'Create a new node and add it to the document.
        'The text node is the content of the price element.
        Dim elem As XmlElement = doc.CreateElement("price")
        Dim text As XmlText = doc.CreateTextNode("19.95")
        doc.DocumentElement.AppendChild(elem)
        doc.DocumentElement.LastChild.AppendChild(text)
        
        Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML...")
        doc.Save(Console.Out)
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

Although this method creates the new object in the context of the document, it does not automatically add the new object to the document tree. To add the new object, you must explicitly call one of the node insert methods.

According to the W3C Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 recommendation, Text nodes are only allowed within Element, Attribute and EntityReference nodes.