How to use XmlNode() as result from webservice in VB.NET?
A webservice just returns XmlNode():
Dim nodes() As XmlNode = CType(result.handler, XmlNode())
First of all, how can this result be viewed as plain xml (in visual studio)?
And then, how to use this result and navigate / select concrete items from it?
xml vb.net xmlnode
asked Dec 28 '18 at 0:48
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A webservice just returns XmlNode():
Dim nodes() As XmlNode = CType(result.handler, XmlNode())
First of all, how can this result be viewed as plain xml (in visual studio)?
And then, how to use this result and navigate / select concrete items from it?
xml vb.net xmlnode
asked Dec 28 '18 at 0:48
JKB
12010
1
1. how can this result be viewed as plain xml (in visual studio)?: Do you mean like while debbuging? If you just stop the mouse pointer over the variable, you can view its contents! 2. how to use this result and navigate / select concrete items from it?: Do you have a class that represents the contents of this result? If so, you can deserialize the XmlNode into your object, that's the easiest way, I think, otherwise you can just use the Xml library to navigate through it. Please give more information about what you really want.
– Pedro Gaspar
Dec 28 '18 at 1:01
1. I don't mean the debugger in this context. It drives me crazy when viewing the nested objects ;) I would like to view the the whole xml structure like a dom document. Looking for something like $nodesArray->toXmlString() 2. There is no target class at them moment. have to use Xml library, but what to use when not having an XmlDocument but only an XmlNodes()?
– JKB
Dec 28 '18 at 1:48
Since is is an array you have to convert one item in the array at a time. So I usually use something like this string xml = string.Join("n", nodes.Select(x => x.ToString()));
– jdweng
Dec 28 '18 at 11:14
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A webservice just returns XmlNode():
Dim nodes() As XmlNode = CType(result.handler, XmlNode())
First of all, how can this result be viewed as plain xml (in visual studio)?
And then, how to use this result and navigate / select concrete items from it?
xml vb.net xmlnode
asked Dec 28 '18 at 0:48
JKB
12010
A webservice just returns XmlNode():
Dim nodes() As XmlNode = CType(result.handler, XmlNode())
First of all, how can this result be viewed as plain xml (in visual studio)?
And then, how to use this result and navigate / select concrete items from it?
xml vb.net xmlnode
xml vb.net xmlnode
asked Dec 28 '18 at 0:48
JKB
12010
asked Dec 28 '18 at 0:48
JKB
12010
asked Dec 28 '18 at 0:48
JKB
12010
asked Dec 28 '18 at 0:48
JKB
12010
asked Dec 28 '18 at 0:48
JKB
12010
12010
1
1. how can this result be viewed as plain xml (in visual studio)?: Do you mean like while debbuging? If you just stop the mouse pointer over the variable, you can view its contents! 2. how to use this result and navigate / select concrete items from it?: Do you have a class that represents the contents of this result? If so, you can deserialize the XmlNode into your object, that's the easiest way, I think, otherwise you can just use the Xml library to navigate through it. Please give more information about what you really want.
– Pedro Gaspar
Dec 28 '18 at 1:01
1. I don't mean the debugger in this context. It drives me crazy when viewing the nested objects ;) I would like to view the the whole xml structure like a dom document. Looking for something like $nodesArray->toXmlString() 2. There is no target class at them moment. have to use Xml library, but what to use when not having an XmlDocument but only an XmlNodes()?
– JKB
Dec 28 '18 at 1:48
Since is is an array you have to convert one item in the array at a time. So I usually use something like this string xml = string.Join("n", nodes.Select(x => x.ToString()));
– jdweng
Dec 28 '18 at 11:14
add a comment |
1
1. how can this result be viewed as plain xml (in visual studio)?: Do you mean like while debbuging? If you just stop the mouse pointer over the variable, you can view its contents! 2. how to use this result and navigate / select concrete items from it?: Do you have a class that represents the contents of this result? If so, you can deserialize the XmlNode into your object, that's the easiest way, I think, otherwise you can just use the Xml library to navigate through it. Please give more information about what you really want.
– Pedro Gaspar
Dec 28 '18 at 1:01
1. I don't mean the debugger in this context. It drives me crazy when viewing the nested objects ;) I would like to view the the whole xml structure like a dom document. Looking for something like $nodesArray->toXmlString() 2. There is no target class at them moment. have to use Xml library, but what to use when not having an XmlDocument but only an XmlNodes()?
– JKB
Dec 28 '18 at 1:48
Since is is an array you have to convert one item in the array at a time. So I usually use something like this string xml = string.Join("n", nodes.Select(x => x.ToString()));
– jdweng
Dec 28 '18 at 11:14
1
1
1. how can this result be viewed as plain xml (in visual studio)?: Do you mean like while debbuging? If you just stop the mouse pointer over the variable, you can view its contents! 2. how to use this result and navigate / select concrete items from it?: Do you have a class that represents the contents of this result? If so, you can deserialize the XmlNode into your object, that's the easiest way, I think, otherwise you can just use the Xml library to navigate through it. Please give more information about what you really want.
– Pedro Gaspar
Dec 28 '18 at 1:01
1. how can this result be viewed as plain xml (in visual studio)?: Do you mean like while debbuging? If you just stop the mouse pointer over the variable, you can view its contents! 2. how to use this result and navigate / select concrete items from it?: Do you have a class that represents the contents of this result? If so, you can deserialize the XmlNode into your object, that's the easiest way, I think, otherwise you can just use the Xml library to navigate through it. Please give more information about what you really want.
– Pedro Gaspar
Dec 28 '18 at 1:01
1. I don't mean the debugger in this context. It drives me crazy when viewing the nested objects ;) I would like to view the the whole xml structure like a dom document. Looking for something like $nodesArray->toXmlString() 2. There is no target class at them moment. have to use Xml library, but what to use when not having an XmlDocument but only an XmlNodes()?
– JKB
Dec 28 '18 at 1:48
1. I don't mean the debugger in this context. It drives me crazy when viewing the nested objects ;) I would like to view the the whole xml structure like a dom document. Looking for something like $nodesArray->toXmlString() 2. There is no target class at them moment. have to use Xml library, but what to use when not having an XmlDocument but only an XmlNodes()?
– JKB
Dec 28 '18 at 1:48
Since is is an array you have to convert one item in the array at a time. So I usually use something like this string xml = string.Join("n", nodes.Select(x => x.ToString()));
– jdweng
Dec 28 '18 at 11:14
Since is is an array you have to convert one item in the array at a time. So I usually use something like this string xml = string.Join("n", nodes.Select(x => x.ToString()));
– jdweng
Dec 28 '18 at 11:14
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First of all, how can this result be viewed as plain xml (in visual studio)?
You can use XmlNode.WriteTo(XmlWriter) method, using a XmlWriter object created for writing to a StringBuilder object (documentation), for example:
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Xml
'[...]
Public Function NodesToString(nodes() As XmlNode) As String
Dim sb As New StringBuilder()
Dim settings As New XmlWriterSettings()
settings.ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Fragment
settings.Indent = True
Dim writer = XmlWriter.Create(sb, settings)
For Each node In nodes
node.WriteTo(writer)
Next
writer.Close()
Return sb.ToString()
End Function
After that all the contents of your nodes should be on your StringBuilder object, and a simple sb.ToString() would show it all to you.
And then, how to use this result and navigate / select concrete items from it?
XmlNode is the base class for a lot of elements in the System.Xml library, even XmlDocument and XmlElement classes, so a lot of the XML "navigation capability" is there.
As stated by the documentation:
This class implements the W3C Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Core and the Core DOM Level 2. The DOM is an in-memory (cache) tree representation of an XML document.
XmlNodeis the base class in the .NET implementation of the DOM. It supports XPath selections and provides editing capabilities. TheXmlDocumentclass extendsXmlNodeand represents an XML document. You can useXmlDocumentto load and save XML data. It also includes methods for node creation. See XML Document Object Model (DOM) for more information.
You can use those properties or methods to navigate through your XML nodes, for example:
XmlNode.FirstChildproperty
XmlNode.NextSiblingproperty
XmlNode.CreateNavigator()method
XmlNode.SelectNodes()method (using XPath expression)
XmlNode.SelectSingleNode()method (using XPath expression)
answered Dec 28 '18 at 15:25
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First of all, how can this result be viewed as plain xml (in visual studio)?
You can use XmlNode.WriteTo(XmlWriter) method, using a XmlWriter object created for writing to a StringBuilder object (documentation), for example:
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Xml
'[...]
Public Function NodesToString(nodes() As XmlNode) As String
Dim sb As New StringBuilder()
Dim settings As New XmlWriterSettings()
settings.ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Fragment
settings.Indent = True
Dim writer = XmlWriter.Create(sb, settings)
For Each node In nodes
node.WriteTo(writer)
Next
writer.Close()
Return sb.ToString()
End Function
After that all the contents of your nodes should be on your StringBuilder object, and a simple sb.ToString() would show it all to you.
And then, how to use this result and navigate / select concrete items from it?
XmlNode is the base class for a lot of elements in the System.Xml library, even XmlDocument and XmlElement classes, so a lot of the XML "navigation capability" is there.
As stated by the documentation:
This class implements the W3C Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Core and the Core DOM Level 2. The DOM is an in-memory (cache) tree representation of an XML document.
XmlNodeis the base class in the .NET implementation of the DOM. It supports XPath selections and provides editing capabilities. TheXmlDocumentclass extendsXmlNodeand represents an XML document. You can useXmlDocumentto load and save XML data. It also includes methods for node creation. See XML Document Object Model (DOM) for more information.
You can use those properties or methods to navigate through your XML nodes, for example:
XmlNode.FirstChildproperty
XmlNode.NextSiblingproperty
XmlNode.CreateNavigator()method
XmlNode.SelectNodes()method (using XPath expression)
XmlNode.SelectSingleNode()method (using XPath expression)
answered Dec 28 '18 at 15:25
Pedro Gaspar
539321
add a comment |
First of all, how can this result be viewed as plain xml (in visual studio)?
You can use XmlNode.WriteTo(XmlWriter) method, using a XmlWriter object created for writing to a StringBuilder object (documentation), for example:
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Xml
'[...]
Public Function NodesToString(nodes() As XmlNode) As String
Dim sb As New StringBuilder()
Dim settings As New XmlWriterSettings()
settings.ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Fragment
settings.Indent = True
Dim writer = XmlWriter.Create(sb, settings)
For Each node In nodes
node.WriteTo(writer)
Next
writer.Close()
Return sb.ToString()
End Function
After that all the contents of your nodes should be on your StringBuilder object, and a simple sb.ToString() would show it all to you.
And then, how to use this result and navigate / select concrete items from it?
XmlNode is the base class for a lot of elements in the System.Xml library, even XmlDocument and XmlElement classes, so a lot of the XML "navigation capability" is there.
As stated by the documentation:
This class implements the W3C Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Core and the Core DOM Level 2. The DOM is an in-memory (cache) tree representation of an XML document.
XmlNodeis the base class in the .NET implementation of the DOM. It supports XPath selections and provides editing capabilities. TheXmlDocumentclass extendsXmlNodeand represents an XML document. You can useXmlDocumentto load and save XML data. It also includes methods for node creation. See XML Document Object Model (DOM) for more information.
You can use those properties or methods to navigate through your XML nodes, for example:
XmlNode.FirstChildproperty
XmlNode.NextSiblingproperty
XmlNode.CreateNavigator()method
XmlNode.SelectNodes()method (using XPath expression)
XmlNode.SelectSingleNode()method (using XPath expression)
answered Dec 28 '18 at 15:25
Pedro Gaspar
539321
add a comment |
First of all, how can this result be viewed as plain xml (in visual studio)?
You can use XmlNode.WriteTo(XmlWriter) method, using a XmlWriter object created for writing to a StringBuilder object (documentation), for example:
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Xml
'[...]
Public Function NodesToString(nodes() As XmlNode) As String
Dim sb As New StringBuilder()
Dim settings As New XmlWriterSettings()
settings.ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Fragment
settings.Indent = True
Dim writer = XmlWriter.Create(sb, settings)
For Each node In nodes
node.WriteTo(writer)
Next
writer.Close()
Return sb.ToString()
End Function
After that all the contents of your nodes should be on your StringBuilder object, and a simple sb.ToString() would show it all to you.
And then, how to use this result and navigate / select concrete items from it?
XmlNode is the base class for a lot of elements in the System.Xml library, even XmlDocument and XmlElement classes, so a lot of the XML "navigation capability" is there.
As stated by the documentation:
This class implements the W3C Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Core and the Core DOM Level 2. The DOM is an in-memory (cache) tree representation of an XML document.
XmlNodeis the base class in the .NET implementation of the DOM. It supports XPath selections and provides editing capabilities. TheXmlDocumentclass extendsXmlNodeand represents an XML document. You can useXmlDocumentto load and save XML data. It also includes methods for node creation. See XML Document Object Model (DOM) for more information.
You can use those properties or methods to navigate through your XML nodes, for example:
XmlNode.FirstChildproperty
XmlNode.NextSiblingproperty
XmlNode.CreateNavigator()method
XmlNode.SelectNodes()method (using XPath expression)
XmlNode.SelectSingleNode()method (using XPath expression)
answered Dec 28 '18 at 15:25
Pedro Gaspar
539321
First of all, how can this result be viewed as plain xml (in visual studio)?
You can use XmlNode.WriteTo(XmlWriter) method, using a XmlWriter object created for writing to a StringBuilder object (documentation), for example:
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Xml
'[...]
Public Function NodesToString(nodes() As XmlNode) As String
Dim sb As New StringBuilder()
Dim settings As New XmlWriterSettings()
settings.ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Fragment
settings.Indent = True
Dim writer = XmlWriter.Create(sb, settings)
For Each node In nodes
node.WriteTo(writer)
Next
writer.Close()
Return sb.ToString()
End Function
After that all the contents of your nodes should be on your StringBuilder object, and a simple sb.ToString() would show it all to you.
And then, how to use this result and navigate / select concrete items from it?
XmlNode is the base class for a lot of elements in the System.Xml library, even XmlDocument and XmlElement classes, so a lot of the XML "navigation capability" is there.
As stated by the documentation:
This class implements the W3C Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Core and the Core DOM Level 2. The DOM is an in-memory (cache) tree representation of an XML document.
XmlNodeis the base class in the .NET implementation of the DOM. It supports XPath selections and provides editing capabilities. TheXmlDocumentclass extendsXmlNodeand represents an XML document. You can useXmlDocumentto load and save XML data. It also includes methods for node creation. See XML Document Object Model (DOM) for more information.
You can use those properties or methods to navigate through your XML nodes, for example:
XmlNode.FirstChildproperty
XmlNode.NextSiblingproperty
XmlNode.CreateNavigator()method
XmlNode.SelectNodes()method (using XPath expression)
XmlNode.SelectSingleNode()method (using XPath expression)
answered Dec 28 '18 at 15:25
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1. how can this result be viewed as plain xml (in visual studio)?: Do you mean like while debbuging? If you just stop the mouse pointer over the variable, you can view its contents! 2. how to use this result and navigate / select concrete items from it?: Do you have a class that represents the contents of this result? If so, you can deserialize the XmlNode into your object, that's the easiest way, I think, otherwise you can just use the Xml library to navigate through it. Please give more information about what you really want.
– Pedro Gaspar
Dec 28 '18 at 1:01
1. I don't mean the debugger in this context. It drives me crazy when viewing the nested objects ;) I would like to view the the whole xml structure like a dom document. Looking for something like $nodesArray->toXmlString() 2. There is no target class at them moment. have to use Xml library, but what to use when not having an XmlDocument but only an XmlNodes()?
– JKB
Dec 28 '18 at 1:48
Since is is an array you have to convert one item in the array at a time. So I usually use something like this string xml = string.Join("n", nodes.Select(x => x.ToString()));
– jdweng
Dec 28 '18 at 11:14