XContainer.FirstNode Property

public:
 property System::Xml::Linq::XNode ^ FirstNode { System::Xml::Linq::XNode ^ get(); };

public System.Xml.Linq.XNode FirstNode { get; }

public System.Xml.Linq.XNode? FirstNode { get; }

member this.FirstNode : System.Xml.Linq.XNode

Public ReadOnly Property FirstNode As XNode

An XNode containing the first child node of the XContainer.

The following example creates an element that contains child elements. It then gets the first child node of the parent element.

XElement xmlTree = new XElement("Root",  
    new XElement("Child1", 1),  
    new XElement("Child2", 2),  
    new XElement("Child3", 3),  
    new XElement("Child4", 4),  
    new XElement("Child5", 5)  
);  
XNode firstNode = xmlTree.FirstNode;  
Console.WriteLine(firstNode);  

Dim xmlTree As XElement = _   
        <Root>  
            <Child1>1</Child1>  
            <Child2>2</Child2>  
            <Child3>3</Child3>  
            <Child4>4</Child4>  
            <Child5>5</Child5>  
        </Root>  

Dim firstNode As XNode = xmlTree.FirstNode  
Console.WriteLine(firstNode)  

This example produces the following output:

<Child1>1</Child1>  

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