XmlElement.WriteTo(XmlWriter) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Xml

Assemblies:: System.Xml.dll, System.Xml.XmlDocument.dll

Assembly:: System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Assembly:: System.Xml.XmlDocument.dll

Assembly:: System.Xml.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: XmlElement.cs

Source:: XmlElement.cs

Source:: XmlElement.cs

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Saves the current node to the specified XmlWriter.

public:
 override void WriteTo(System::Xml::XmlWriter ^ w);

public override void WriteTo (System.Xml.XmlWriter w);

override this.WriteTo : System.Xml.XmlWriter -> unit

Public Overrides Sub WriteTo (w As XmlWriter)

Parameters

w: XmlWriter

The XmlWriter to which you want to save.

Examples

The following example adds an attribute to an element and then displays the modified 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 xmlns:bk='urn:samples' bk:ISBN='1-861001-57-5'><title>Pride And Prejudice</title></book>" );
   XmlElement^ root = doc->DocumentElement;
   
   // Add a new attribute.
   root->SetAttribute( "genre", "urn:samples", "novel" );
   Console::WriteLine( "Display the modified XML..." );
   XmlTextWriter^ writer = gcnew XmlTextWriter( Console::Out );
   writer->Formatting = Formatting::Indented;
   root->WriteTo( writer );
}

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

public class Sample
{
  public static void Main()
  {

    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
    doc.LoadXml("<book xmlns:bk='urn:samples' bk:ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" +
                "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" +
                "</book>");

    XmlElement root = doc.DocumentElement;

    // Add a new attribute.
    root.SetAttribute("genre", "urn:samples", "novel");

    Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML...");
    XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(Console.Out);
    writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
    root.WriteTo(writer);
  }
}

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

public class Sample

  public shared sub Main()

    Dim doc as XmlDocument = new XmlDocument()
    doc.LoadXml("<book xmlns:bk='urn:samples' bk:ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" & _
                "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" & _
                "</book>")

    Dim root as XmlElement = doc.DocumentElement

    ' Add a new attribute.
    root.SetAttribute("genre", "urn:samples", "novel")

    Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML...")
    Dim writer as XmlTextWriter = new XmlTextWriter(Console.Out)
    writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented
    root.WriteTo(writer)

  end sub
end class

Remarks

This method is a Microsoft extension to the Document Object Model (DOM).

Applies to

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