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

The new XmlDocumentFragment.

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

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