101 Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET Applications

Application #28. Work with the XML DOM

One of the most common ways to work with XML is via its Document Object Model, or DOM. The .NET Framework provides DOM-style support via classes in the System.Xml namespace. This sample application shows you numerous ways to work with the XML DOM. Through a series of examples, you’ll become familiar with the XmlDocument class and the classes derived from the abstract XmlNode class. Figure 3-21 shows Application #28 in action.

Figure 3-21. Application #28.

[View full size image]

Building Upon... Application #3: String Manipulation Application #4: Try/Catch/Finally

New Concepts

An XmlDocument object represents ...