XmlDocument.CreateDocumentFragment Method

public:
 virtual System::Xml::XmlDocumentFragment ^ CreateDocumentFragment();

public virtual System.Xml.XmlDocumentFragment CreateDocumentFragment();

abstract member CreateDocumentFragment : unit -> System.Xml.XmlDocumentFragment
override this.CreateDocumentFragment : unit -> System.Xml.XmlDocumentFragment

Public Overridable Function CreateDocumentFragment () As XmlDocumentFragment

Returns

The new XmlDocumentFragment.

Examples

The following example adds new nodes to an XML document.

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

public class Sample
{
 public static void Main()
 {
 //Create the XmlDocument.
 XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
 doc.LoadXml("<items/>");

 //Create a document fragment.
 XmlDocumentFragment docFrag = doc.CreateDocumentFragment();

 //Set the contents of the document fragment.
 docFrag.InnerXml ="<item>widget</item>";

 //Add the children of the document fragment to the
 //original document.
 doc.DocumentElement.AppendChild(docFrag);

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

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("<items/>")
 
 'Create a document fragment.
 Dim docFrag As XmlDocumentFragment = doc.CreateDocumentFragment()
 
 'Set the contents of the document fragment.
 docFrag.InnerXml = "<item>widget</item>"
 
 'Add the children of the document fragment to the
 'original document.
 doc.DocumentElement.AppendChild(docFrag)
 
 Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML...")
 Console.WriteLine(doc.OuterXml)
 End Sub
End Class

Remarks

DocumentFragment nodes cannot be inserted into a document. However, you can insert children of the DocumentFragment node into a document.