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Classe System.Xml.XmlDocument

Este artigo fornece observações complementares à documentação de referência para essa API.

A classe XmlDocument é uma representação na memória de um documento XML. Ela implementa o XML de Modelo de Objeto de Documento (DOM) Core Nível 1 e DOM de Core Nível 2 de W3C.

DOM significa modelo de objeto de documento. Para saber mais sobre isso, consulte XML de Modelo de Objeto de Documento (DOM).

Você pode carregar o XML no DOM usando a classe XmlDocument e, em seguida, ler, modificar e remover XML no documento de forma programática.

Se você quiser abrir a classe XmlDocument e ver como ela é implementada, consulte a Fonte de Referência.

Carregar XML no modelo de objeto de documento

Comece com um documento XML como este que tem alguns livros em uma coleção. Ele contém os elementos básicos que você encontraria em qualquer documento XML, incluindo um namespace, elementos que representam dados e atributos que descrevem os dados.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<books xmlns="http://www.contoso.com/books">
  <book genre="novel" ISBN="1-861001-57-8" publicationdate="1823-01-28">
    <title>Pride And Prejudice</title>
    <price>24.95</price>
  </book>
  <book genre="novel" ISBN="1-861002-30-1" publicationdate="1985-01-01">
    <title>The Handmaid's Tale</title>
    <price>29.95</price>
  </book>
  <book genre="novel" ISBN="1-861001-45-3" publicationdate="1811-01-01">
    <title>Sense and Sensibility</title>
    <price>19.95</price>
  </book>
</books>

Em seguida, carregue esses dados no DOM para que você possa trabalhar com eles na memória. A maneira mais comum de fazer isso é consultar um arquivo em seu computador local ou em uma rede.

Este exemplo carrega XML de um arquivo. Se o arquivo não existir, ele apenas gera algum XML e carrega.

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.PreserveWhitespace = true;
try { doc.Load("booksData.xml"); }
catch (System.IO.FileNotFoundException)
{
    doc.LoadXml("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?> \n" +
    "<books xmlns=\"http://www.contoso.com/books\"> \n" +
    "  <book genre=\"novel\" ISBN=\"1-861001-57-8\" publicationdate=\"1823-01-28\"> \n" +
    "    <title>Pride And Prejudice</title> \n" +
    "    <price>24.95</price> \n" +
    "  </book> \n" +
    "  <book genre=\"novel\" ISBN=\"1-861002-30-1\" publicationdate=\"1985-01-01\"> \n" +
    "    <title>The Handmaid's Tale</title> \n" +
    "    <price>29.95</price> \n" +
    "  </book> \n" +
    "</books>");
}
Dim doc As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument
doc.PreserveWhitespace = True
Try
    doc.Load("booksData.xml")
Catch ex As System.IO.FileNotFoundException
    ' If no file is found, generate some XML.
    doc.LoadXml("<?xml version=""1.0""?> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "<books xmlns=""http://www.contoso.com/books""> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "  <book genre=""novel"" ISBN=""1-861001-57-8"" publicationdate=""1823-01-28""> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "    <title>Pride And Prejudice</title> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "    <price>24.95</price> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "  </book> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "  <book genre=""novel"" ISBN=""1-861002-30-1"" publicationdate=""1985-01-01""> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "    <title>The Handmaid's Tale</title> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "    <price>29.95</price> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "  </book> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "</books>")
End Try

Para obter mais informações, consulte Leitura de um documento XML no DOM.

Validá-lo em relação a um esquema

Comece com um esquema XML como este. Esse esquema define os tipos de dados no XML e quais atributos são necessários.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  attributeFormDefault="unqualified"
  elementFormDefault="qualified"
  targetNamespace="http://www.contoso.com/books">
  <xs:element name="books">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" name="book">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="title" type="xs:string" />
              <xs:element name="price" type="xs:decimal" />
            </xs:sequence>
            <xs:attribute name="genre" type="xs:string" use="required" />
            <xs:attribute name="ISBN" type="xs:string" use="required" />
            <xs:attribute name="publicationdate" type="xs:date" use="required" />
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

Crie um objeto XmlReader usando seu esquema e, em seguida, carregue esse objeto no DOM. Crie um manipulador de eventos que seja executado quando o código tentar modificar seu arquivo XML de forma a violar as regras do esquema.

Esses blocos de código mostram métodos auxiliares que fazem tudo isso.

//************************************************************************************
//
//  Helper method that generates an XML string.
//
//************************************************************************************
private string generateXMLString()
{
    string xml = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?> \n" +
        "<books xmlns=\"http://www.contoso.com/books\"> \n" +
        "  <book genre=\"novel\" ISBN=\"1-861001-57-8\" publicationdate=\"1823-01-28\"> \n" +
        "    <title>Pride And Prejudice</title> \n" +
        "    <price>24.95</price> \n" +
        "  </book> \n" +
        "  <book genre=\"novel\" ISBN=\"1-861002-30-1\" publicationdate=\"1985-01-01\"> \n" +
        "    <title>The Handmaid's Tale</title> \n" +
        "    <price>29.95</price> \n" +
        "  </book> \n" +
        "  <book genre=\"novel\" ISBN=\"1-861001-45-3\" publicationdate=\"1811-01-01\"> \n" +
        "    <title>Sense and Sensibility</title> \n" +
        "    <price>19.95</price> \n" +
        "  </book> \n" +
        "</books>";
    return xml;
}

//************************************************************************************
//
//  Associate the schema with XML. Then, load the XML and validate it against
//  the schema.
//
//************************************************************************************
public XmlDocument LoadDocumentWithSchemaValidation(bool generateXML, bool generateSchema)
{
    XmlReader reader = null;
    XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
    // Helper method to retrieve schema.
    XmlSchema schema = getSchema(generateSchema);

    settings.Schemas.Add(schema);
    settings.ValidationEventHandler += ValidationCallback;
    settings.ValidationFlags =
        settings.ValidationFlags | XmlSchemaValidationFlags.ReportValidationWarnings;
    settings.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema;
    if (!generateXML)
    {
        try
        {
            reader = XmlReader.Create("booksData.xml", settings);
        }
        catch (FileNotFoundException ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(
                $"XML file not found so generating: {ex.Message}");
            generateXML = true;
        }
    }

    if (generateXML)
    {
        string xml = generateXMLString();
        StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(xml);

        reader = XmlReader.Create(stringReader, settings);
    }

    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();

    doc.PreserveWhitespace = true;
    doc.Load(reader);
    reader.Close();

    return doc;
}

//************************************************************************************
//
//  Helper method that generates an XML Schema.
//
//************************************************************************************
private string generateXMLSchema()
{
    string xmlSchema =
        "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?> " +
        "<xs:schema attributeFormDefault=\"unqualified\" " +
        "elementFormDefault=\"qualified\" targetNamespace=\"http://www.contoso.com/books\" " +
        "xmlns:xs=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"> " +
        "<xs:element name=\"books\"> " +
        "<xs:complexType> " +
        "<xs:sequence> " +
        "<xs:element maxOccurs=\"unbounded\" name=\"book\"> " +
        "<xs:complexType> " +
        "<xs:sequence> " +
        "<xs:element name=\"title\" type=\"xs:string\" /> " +
        "<xs:element name=\"price\" type=\"xs:decimal\" /> " +
        "</xs:sequence> " +
        "<xs:attribute name=\"genre\" type=\"xs:string\" use=\"required\" /> " +
        "<xs:attribute name=\"publicationdate\" type=\"xs:date\" use=\"required\" /> " +
        "<xs:attribute name=\"ISBN\" type=\"xs:string\" use=\"required\" /> " +
        "</xs:complexType> " +
        "</xs:element> " +
        "</xs:sequence> " +
        "</xs:complexType> " +
        "</xs:element> " +
        "</xs:schema> ";
    return xmlSchema;
}

//************************************************************************************
//
//  Helper method that gets a schema
//
//************************************************************************************
private XmlSchema getSchema(bool generateSchema)
{
    XmlSchemaSet xs = new XmlSchemaSet();
    XmlSchema schema = null;

    if (!generateSchema)
    {
        try
        {
            schema = xs.Add("http://www.contoso.com/books", "booksData.xsd");
        }
        catch (FileNotFoundException ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(
                $"XSD file not found so generating: {ex.Message}");
            generateSchema = true;
        }
    }

    if (generateSchema)
    {
        string xmlSchemaString = generateXMLSchema();
        StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(xmlSchemaString);
        XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(stringReader);

        schema = xs.Add("http://www.contoso.com/books", reader);
    }

    return schema;
}

//************************************************************************************
//
//  Helper method to validate the XML against the schema.
//
//************************************************************************************
private void validateXML(bool generateSchema, XmlDocument doc)
{
    if (doc.Schemas.Count == 0)
    {
        // Helper method to retrieve schema.
        XmlSchema schema = getSchema(generateSchema);
        doc.Schemas.Add(schema);
    }

    // Use a callback to validate the XML node against the schema.
    doc.Validate(ValidationCallback);
}

//************************************************************************************
//
//  Event handler that is raised when XML doesn't validate against the schema.
//
//************************************************************************************
void ValidationCallback(object sender,
    System.Xml.Schema.ValidationEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Severity == XmlSeverityType.Warning)
    {
        Console.WriteLine
            ("The following validation warning occurred: " + e.Message);
    }
    else if (e.Severity == XmlSeverityType.Error)
    {
        Console.WriteLine
            ("The following critical validation errors occurred: " + e.Message);
    }
}
'************************************************************************************
'
'  Associate the schema with XML. Then, load the XML and validate it against
'  the schema.
'
'************************************************************************************
Public Function LoadDocumentWithSchemaValidation(ByVal generateXML As Boolean, ByVal generateSchema As Boolean) As XmlDocument
    Dim reader As XmlReader
    Dim settings As XmlReaderSettings = New XmlReaderSettings
    ' Helper method to retrieve schema.
    Dim schema As XmlSchema = getSchema(generateSchema)
    If (schema Is Nothing) Then
        Return Nothing
    End If
    settings.Schemas.Add(schema)
    AddHandler settings.ValidationEventHandler, AddressOf settings_ValidationEventHandler
    settings.ValidationFlags = (settings.ValidationFlags Or XmlSchemaValidationFlags.ReportValidationWarnings)
    settings.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema
    Try
        reader = XmlReader.Create("booksData.xml", settings)
    Catch ex As System.IO.FileNotFoundException
        If generateXML Then
            Dim xml As String = generateXMLString()
            Dim byteArray() As Byte = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xml)
            Dim stream As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream(byteArray)
            reader = XmlReader.Create(stream, settings)
        Else
            Return Nothing
        End If
    End Try
    Dim doc As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument
    doc.PreserveWhitespace = True
    doc.Load(reader)
    reader.Close()
    Return doc
End Function

'************************************************************************************
'
'  Helper method that generates an XML Schema.
'
'************************************************************************************
Private Function generateXMLSchema() As String

    Dim generatedXmlSchema As String = "<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8""?> " & _
            "<xs:schema attributeFormDefault=""unqualified"" " & _
            "elementFormDefault=""qualified"" targetNamespace=""http://www.contoso.com/books"" " & _
            "xmlns:xs=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema""> " & _
            "<xs:element name=""books""> " & _
            "<xs:complexType> " & _
            "<xs:sequence> " & _
            "<xs:element maxOccurs=""unbounded"" name=""book""> " & _
            "<xs:complexType> " & _
            "<xs:sequence> " & _
            "<xs:element name=""title"" type=""xs:string"" /> " & _
            "<xs:element name=""price"" type=""xs:decimal"" /> " & _
            "</xs:sequence> " & _
            "<xs:attribute name=""genre"" type=""xs:string"" use=""required"" /> " & _
            "<xs:attribute name=""publicationdate"" type=""xs:date"" use=""required"" /> " & _
            "<xs:attribute name=""ISBN"" type=""xs:string"" use=""required"" /> " & _
            "</xs:complexType> " & _
            "</xs:element> " & _
            "</xs:sequence> " & _
            "</xs:complexType> " & _
            "</xs:element> " & _
            "</xs:schema> "


    Return generatedXmlSchema

End Function

'************************************************************************************
'
'  Helper method that gets a schema
'
'************************************************************************************
Private Function getSchema(ByVal generateSchema As Boolean) As XmlSchema
    Dim xs As XmlSchemaSet = New XmlSchemaSet
    Dim schema As XmlSchema
    Try
        schema = xs.Add("http://www.contoso.com/books", "booksData.xsd")
    Catch ex As System.IO.FileNotFoundException
        If generateSchema Then
            Dim xmlSchemaString As String = generateXMLSchema()
            Dim byteArray() As Byte = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xmlSchemaString)
            Dim stream As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream(byteArray)
            Dim reader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create(stream)
            schema = xs.Add("http://www.contoso.com/books", reader)
        Else
            Return Nothing
        End If
    End Try
    Return schema
End Function

'************************************************************************************
'
'  Helper method to validate the XML against the schema.
'
'************************************************************************************
Private Sub validateXML(ByVal generateSchema As Boolean, ByVal doc As XmlDocument)
    If (doc.Schemas.Count = 0) Then
        ' Helper method to retrieve schema.
        Dim schema As XmlSchema = getSchema(generateSchema)
        doc.Schemas.Add(schema)
    End If
    ' Use an event handler to validate the XML node against the schema.
    doc.Validate(AddressOf settings_ValidationEventHandler)
End Sub

'************************************************************************************
'
'  Event handler that is raised when XML doesn't validate against the schema.
'
'************************************************************************************
Private Sub settings_ValidationEventHandler(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Xml.Schema.ValidationEventArgs)
    If (e.Severity = XmlSeverityType.Warning) Then
        System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(("The following validation warning occurred: " & e.Message))
    ElseIf (e.Severity = XmlSeverityType.Error) Then
        System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(("The following critical validation errors occurred: " & e.Message))
        Dim objectType As Type = sender.GetType
    End If
End Sub

Para obter mais informações, consulte Validação de um documento XML no DOM.

Você pode usar propriedades para navegar em torno de um documento XML. Mas antes de usar qualquer uma delas, vamos revisar rapidamente alguns termos. Seu documento é composto de nós. Cada nó tem um único nó pai diretamente acima dele. O único nó que não tem um nó pai é a raiz do documento, pois é o nó de nível superior. A maioria dos nós pode ter nós filhos, que são os nós diretamente abaixo deles. Os nós que estão no mesmo nível são irmãos.

Os exemplos a seguir mostram como obter o nó raiz, saltar para o primeiro nó filho do nó raiz, acessar qualquer um de seus nós filhos, voltar ao nó pai e navegar pelos nós irmãos.

Comece com o nó raiz

Este exemplo obtém o nó raiz e, em seguida, usa esse nó para enviar o conteúdo do documento para o console.

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

public class Sample
{
  public static void Main()
  {
    //Create the XmlDocument.
    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
    doc.LoadXml("<?xml version='1.0' ?>" +
                "<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" +
                "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" +
                "</book>");

    //Display the document element.
    Console.WriteLine(doc.DocumentElement.OuterXml);
 }
}
Option Strict On
Option Explicit On
Imports System.Xml

Public Class ElementSample
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        'Create the XmlDocument.
        Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
        doc.LoadXml("<?xml version='1.0' ?>" &
                    "<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" &
                    "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" &
                    "</book>")

        'Display the document element.
        Console.WriteLine(doc.DocumentElement.OuterXml)
    End Sub
End Class

Obter nós filhos

Esse exemplo salta para o primeiro nó filho do nó raiz e, em seguida, itera pelos nós filhos desse nó, se houver algum.

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

Retorna para o nó pai

Use a propriedade ParentNode.

Refere-se ao último nó filho

Este exemplo grava o preço de um livro no console. O nó de preço é o último filho de um nó de livro.

using System;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample3
{
    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;

        Console.WriteLine("Display the price element...");
        Console.WriteLine(root.LastChild.OuterXml);
    }
}
Option Explicit On
Option Strict On
Imports System.Xml

Public Class LastChildSample
    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

        Console.WriteLine("Display the price element...")
        Console.WriteLine(root.LastChild.OuterXml)
    End Sub
End Class

Navegar para frente entre irmãos

Este exemplo avança de livro a livro. Os nós do livro são irmãos uns dos outros.

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 NextSiblingSample
    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

Navegar para trás entre irmãos

Este exemplo retrocede de livro a livro.

using System;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample {

  public static void Main() {

      XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
      doc.Load("books.xml");

      XmlNode lastNode = doc.DocumentElement.LastChild;
      Console.WriteLine("Last book...");
      Console.WriteLine(lastNode.OuterXml);

      XmlNode prevNode = lastNode.PreviousSibling;
      Console.WriteLine("\r\nPrevious book...");
      Console.WriteLine(prevNode.OuterXml);
  }
}
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample5
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim doc As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument()
        doc.Load("books.xml")

        Dim lastNode As XmlNode = doc.DocumentElement.LastChild
        Console.WriteLine("Last book...")
        Console.WriteLine(lastNode.OuterXml)

        Dim prevNode As XmlNode = lastNode.PreviousSibling
        Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Lf + "Previous book...")
        Console.WriteLine(prevNode.OuterXml)
    End Sub
End Class

Localizar nós

A maneira mais popular de encontrar um ou mais nós de dados é usar uma cadeia de caracteres de consulta XPath, mas também há métodos que não exigem uma.

Obter um único nó

Este exemplo localiza um livro usando o número ISBN.

public XmlNode GetBook(string uniqueAttribute, XmlDocument doc)
{
    XmlNamespaceManager nsmgr = new XmlNamespaceManager(doc.NameTable);
    nsmgr.AddNamespace("bk", "http://www.contoso.com/books");
    string xPathString = "//bk:books/bk:book[@ISBN='" + uniqueAttribute + "']";
    XmlNode xmlNode = doc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode(xPathString, nsmgr);
   return xmlNode;
}
Public Function GetBook(ByVal uniqueAttribute As String, ByVal doc As XmlDocument) As XmlNode
    Dim nsmgr As XmlNamespaceManager = New XmlNamespaceManager(doc.NameTable)
    nsmgr.AddNamespace("bk", "http://www.contoso.com/books")
    Dim xPathString As String = ("//bk:books/bk:book[@ISBN='" _
                & (uniqueAttribute & "']"))
    Dim xmlNode As XmlNode = doc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode(xPathString, nsmgr)
    Return xmlNode
End Function

A cadeia de caracteres usada neste exemplo é uma consulta Xpath. Você pode encontrar mais exemplos delas em Exemplos de XPath.

Você também pode usar o GetElementById para recuperar nós. Para usar essa abordagem, você precisará definir IDs nas declarações de definição de tipo de documento do arquivo XML.

Depois de obter um nó, você obtém o valor de atributos ou nós filhos. Este exemplo faz isso com um nó de livro.

public void GetBookInformation(ref string title, ref string ISBN, ref string publicationDate,
    ref string price, ref string genre, XmlNode book)
{
    XmlElement bookElement = (XmlElement)book;

    // Get the attributes of a book.
    XmlAttribute attr = bookElement.GetAttributeNode("ISBN");
    ISBN = attr.InnerXml;

    attr = bookElement.GetAttributeNode("genre");
    genre = attr.InnerXml;

    attr = bookElement.GetAttributeNode("publicationdate");
    publicationDate = attr.InnerXml;

    // Get the values of child elements of a book.
    title = bookElement["title"].InnerText;
    price = bookElement["price"].InnerText;
}
Public Sub GetBookInformation(ByRef title As String, ByRef ISBN As String, ByRef publicationDate As String, ByRef price As String, ByRef genre As String, ByVal book As XmlNode)
    Dim bookElement As XmlElement = CType(book, XmlElement)
    ' Get the attributes of a book.        
    Dim attr As XmlAttribute = bookElement.GetAttributeNode("ISBN")
    ISBN = attr.InnerXml
    attr = bookElement.GetAttributeNode("genre")
    genre = attr.InnerXml
    attr = bookElement.GetAttributeNode("publicationdate")
    publicationDate = attr.InnerXml
    ' Get the values of child elements of a book.
    title = bookElement("title").InnerText
    price = bookElement("price").InnerText
End Sub

Obter uma coleção de nós

Esse exemplo seleciona todos os livros em que o sobrenome do autor é Austen e, em seguida, altera o preço desses livros.

using System;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample6
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        doc.Load("booksort.xml");

        XmlNodeList nodeList;
        XmlNode root = doc.DocumentElement;

        nodeList = root.SelectNodes("descendant::book[author/last-name='Austen']");

        //Change the price on the books.
        foreach (XmlNode book in nodeList)
        {
            book.LastChild.InnerText = "15.95";
        }

        Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML document....");
        doc.Save(Console.Out);
    }
}
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

public class Sample

  public shared sub Main()

    'Create the XmlDocument.
    Dim doc as XmlDocument = new XmlDocument()
    doc.Load("booksort.xml")
           
    Dim book as XmlNode
    Dim nodeList as XmlNodeList 
    Dim root as XmlNode = doc.DocumentElement

    nodeList=root.SelectNodes("descendant::book[author/last-name='Austen']")
 
    'Change the price on the books.
    for each book in nodeList      
      book.LastChild.InnerText="15.95"
    next 

    Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML document....")
    doc.Save(Console.Out)
    
  end sub
end class

Você também pode obter uma coleção de nós usando o nome do nó. Por exemplo, este exemplo obtém uma coleção de todos os títulos de livros.

using System;
using System.Xml;

public class Sample1
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        //Create the XmlDocument.
        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        doc.Load("books.xml");

        //Display all the book titles.
        XmlNodeList elemList = doc.GetElementsByTagName("title");
        for (int i = 0; i < elemList.Count; i++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(elemList[i].InnerXml);
        }
    }
}
Option Explicit On
Option Strict On
Imports System.Xml

Public Class TagSample

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        'Create the XmlDocument.
        Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
        doc.Load("books.xml")

        'Display all the book titles.
        Dim elemList As XmlNodeList = doc.GetElementsByTagName("title")
        Dim i As Integer
        For i = 0 To elemList.Count - 1
            Console.WriteLine(elemList(i).InnerXml)
        Next i
    End Sub
End Class

Para obter mais informações, consulte Selecionar Nós Usando a Navegação XPath.

Editar nós

Este exemplo edita um nó de livro e seus atributos.

public void editBook(string title, string ISBN, string publicationDate,
    string genre, string price, XmlNode book, bool validateNode, bool generateSchema)
{

    XmlElement bookElement = (XmlElement)book;

    // Get the attributes of a book.
    bookElement.SetAttribute("ISBN", ISBN);
    bookElement.SetAttribute("genre", genre);
    bookElement.SetAttribute("publicationdate", publicationDate);

    // Get the values of child elements of a book.
    bookElement["title"].InnerText = title;
    bookElement["price"].InnerText = price;

    if (validateNode)
    {
        validateXML(generateSchema, bookElement.OwnerDocument);
    }
}
Public Sub editBook(ByVal title As String, ByVal ISBN As String,
                    ByVal publicationDate As String, ByVal genre As String,
                    ByVal price As String, ByVal book As XmlNode, ByVal validateNode As Boolean,
                    ByVal generateSchema As Boolean)

    Dim bookElement As XmlElement = CType(book, XmlElement)

    ' Get the attributes of a book.        
    bookElement.SetAttribute("ISBN", ISBN)
    bookElement.SetAttribute("genre", genre)
    bookElement.SetAttribute("publicationdate", publicationDate)

    ' Get the values of child elements of a book.
    bookElement("title").InnerText = title
    bookElement("price").InnerText = price
    If validateNode Then
        validateXML(generateSchema, bookElement.OwnerDocument)
    End If

End Sub

Para obter mais informações, consulte Modificação de Nós, Conteúdo e Valores em um Documento XML.

Adicionar nós

Para adicionar um nó, use o método CreateElement ou o método CreateNode.

Para adicionar um nó de dados, como um livro, use o método CreateElement.

Para qualquer outro tipo de nó, como um comentário, nó de espaço em branco ou nó de CDATA, use o método CreateNode.

Este exemplo cria um nó de livro, adiciona atributos a esse nó e, em seguida, adiciona esse nó ao documento.

public XmlElement AddNewBook(string genre, string ISBN, string misc,
    string title, string price, XmlDocument doc)
{
    // Create a new book element.
    XmlElement bookElement = doc.CreateElement("book", "http://www.contoso.com/books");

    // Create attributes for book and append them to the book element.
    XmlAttribute attribute = doc.CreateAttribute("genre");
    attribute.Value = genre;
    bookElement.Attributes.Append(attribute);

    attribute = doc.CreateAttribute("ISBN");
    attribute.Value = ISBN;
    bookElement.Attributes.Append(attribute);

    attribute = doc.CreateAttribute("publicationdate");
    attribute.Value = misc;
    bookElement.Attributes.Append(attribute);

    // Create and append a child element for the title of the book.
    XmlElement titleElement = doc.CreateElement("title");
    titleElement.InnerText = title;
    bookElement.AppendChild(titleElement);

    // Introduce a newline character so that XML is nicely formatted.
    bookElement.InnerXml =
        bookElement.InnerXml.Replace(titleElement.OuterXml,
        "\n    " + titleElement.OuterXml + " \n    ");

    // Create and append a child element for the price of the book.
    XmlElement priceElement = doc.CreateElement("price");
    priceElement.InnerText= price;
    bookElement.AppendChild(priceElement);

    // Introduce a newline character so that XML is nicely formatted.
    bookElement.InnerXml =
        bookElement.InnerXml.Replace(priceElement.OuterXml, priceElement.OuterXml + "   \n  ");

    return bookElement;
}
Public Function AddNewBook(ByVal genre As String, ByVal ISBN As String, ByVal misc As String, ByVal title As String, ByVal price As String, ByVal doc As XmlDocument) As XmlElement
    ' Create a new book element.
    Dim bookElement As XmlElement = doc.CreateElement("book", "http://www.contoso.com/books")

    ' Create attributes for book and append them to the book element.
    Dim attribute As XmlAttribute = doc.CreateAttribute("genre")
    attribute.Value = genre
    bookElement.Attributes.Append(attribute)

    attribute = doc.CreateAttribute("ISBN")
    attribute.Value = ISBN
    bookElement.Attributes.Append(attribute)

    attribute = doc.CreateAttribute("publicationdate")
    attribute.Value = misc
    bookElement.Attributes.Append(attribute)

    ' Create and append a child element for the title of the book.
    Dim titleElement As XmlElement = doc.CreateElement("title")
    titleElement.InnerText = title
    bookElement.AppendChild(titleElement)

    ' Introduce a newline character so that XML is nicely formatted.
    bookElement.InnerXml = bookElement.InnerXml.Replace(titleElement.OuterXml, _
                           "\n   " & titleElement.OuterXml & " " & ControlChars.NewLine + "    ")
    ' Create and append a child element for the price of the book.
    Dim priceElement As XmlElement = doc.CreateElement("price")
    priceElement.InnerText = price
    bookElement.AppendChild(priceElement)

    ' Introduce a newline character so that XML is nicely formatted.
    bookElement.InnerXml = bookElement.InnerXml.Replace(priceElement.OuterXml,
                                                        (priceElement.OuterXml & "   " & ControlChars.NewLine & "  "))
    Return bookElement
End Function

Para obter mais informações, consulte Inserindo Nós em um Documento XML.

Remover nós

Para remover um nó, use o método RemoveChild.

Esse exemplo remove um livro do documento e qualquer espaço em branco que aparece logo antes do nó do livro.

public void deleteBook(XmlNode book)
{
    XmlNode prevNode = book.PreviousSibling;

    book.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(book);

    if (prevNode.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Whitespace ||
        prevNode.NodeType == XmlNodeType.SignificantWhitespace)
    {
        prevNode.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(prevNode);
    }
}
Public Sub deleteBook(ByVal book As XmlNode)

    Dim prevNode As XmlNode = book.PreviousSibling
    book.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(book)

    If ((prevNode.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Whitespace) _
                OrElse (prevNode.NodeType = XmlNodeType.SignificantWhitespace)) Then
        prevNode.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(prevNode)

    End If
End Sub

Para obter mais informações, consulte Remoção de Nós, Conteúdo e Valores de um Documento XML.

Nós de posição

Você pode escolher onde deseja que um nó apareça no documento usando os métodos InsertBefore e InsertAfter.

Este exemplo mostra dois métodos auxiliares. Um deles move um nó para cima em uma lista. O outro move um nó para baixo.

Esses métodos podem ser usados em um aplicativo que permite aos usuários mover livros para cima e para baixo em uma lista de livros. Quando um usuário escolhe um livro e pressiona um botão para cima ou para baixo, seu código pode chamar métodos como esses para posicionar o nó do livro correspondente antes ou depois de outros nós do livro.

//************************************************************************************
//
//  Summary: Move elements up in the XML.
//
//
//************************************************************************************

public void MoveElementUp(XmlNode book)
{
    XmlNode previousNode = book.PreviousSibling;
    while (previousNode != null && (previousNode.NodeType != XmlNodeType.Element))
    {
        previousNode = previousNode.PreviousSibling;
    }
    if (previousNode != null)
    {
        XmlNode newLineNode = book.NextSibling;
        book.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(book);
        if (newLineNode.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Whitespace |
            newLineNode.NodeType == XmlNodeType.SignificantWhitespace)
        {
            newLineNode.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(newLineNode);
        }
        InsertBookElement((XmlElement)book, Constants.positionAbove,
            previousNode, false, false);
    }
}

//************************************************************************************
//
//  Summary: Move elements down in the XML.
//
//
//************************************************************************************
public void MoveElementDown(XmlNode book)
{
    // Walk backwards until we find an element - ignore text nodes
    XmlNode NextNode = book.NextSibling;
    while (NextNode != null && (NextNode.NodeType != XmlNodeType.Element))
    {
        NextNode = NextNode.NextSibling;
    }
    if (NextNode != null)
    {
        XmlNode newLineNode = book.PreviousSibling;
        book.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(book);
        if (newLineNode.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Whitespace |
            newLineNode.NodeType == XmlNodeType.SignificantWhitespace)
        {
            newLineNode.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(newLineNode);
        }

        InsertBookElement((XmlElement)book, Constants.positionBelow,
            NextNode, false, false);
    }
}
'************************************************************************************
'
'  Summary: Move elements up in the XML.
'  
'
'************************************************************************************
Public Sub MoveElementUp(ByVal book As XmlNode)
    Dim previousNode As XmlNode = book.PreviousSibling

    While ((Not (previousNode) Is Nothing) _
                AndAlso (previousNode.NodeType <> XmlNodeType.Element))
        previousNode = previousNode.PreviousSibling

    End While
    If (Not (previousNode) Is Nothing) Then
        Dim newLineNode As XmlNode = book.NextSibling
        book.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(book)

        If ((newLineNode.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Whitespace) _
                    Or (newLineNode.NodeType = XmlNodeType.SignificantWhitespace)) Then
            newLineNode.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(newLineNode)
        End If

        InsertBookElement(CType(book, XmlElement), Constants.positionAbove,
                          previousNode, False, False)
    End If
End Sub

'************************************************************************************
'
'  Summary: Move elements down in the XML.
'  
'
'************************************************************************************
Public Sub MoveElementDown(ByVal book As XmlNode)
    ' Walk backwards until we find an element - ignore text nodes
    Dim NextNode As XmlNode = book.NextSibling

    While ((Not (NextNode) Is Nothing) _
                AndAlso (NextNode.NodeType <> XmlNodeType.Element))
        NextNode = NextNode.NextSibling

    End While

    If (Not (NextNode) Is Nothing) Then
        Dim newLineNode As XmlNode = book.PreviousSibling
        book.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(book)

        If ((newLineNode.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Whitespace) _
                    Or (newLineNode.NodeType = XmlNodeType.SignificantWhitespace)) Then
            newLineNode.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(newLineNode)
        End If

        InsertBookElement(CType(book, XmlElement), Constants.positionBelow,
                          NextNode, False, False)
    End If
End Sub