System::Xml::XmlNode::get_ParentNode method

XmlNode::get_ParentNode method

Returns the parent of this node (for nodes that can have parents).

virtual SharedPtr<XmlNode> System::Xml::XmlNode::get_ParentNode() final

The XmlNode that is the parent of the current node.

If a node has just been created and not yet added to the tree, or if it has been removed from the tree, the parent is nullptr. For all other nodes, the value returned depends on the XmlNode::get_NodeType of the node. The following table describes the possible return values for the get_NodeType method.
NodeType	Return Value of ParentNode
Attribute, Document, DocumentFragment, Entity, Notation	Returns nullptr; these nodes do not have parents.
CDATA	Returns the element or entity reference containing the CDATA section.
Comment	Returns the element, entity reference, document type, or document containing the comment.
DocumentType	Returns the document node.
Element	Returns the parent node of the element. If the element is the root node in the tree, the parent is the document node.
EntityReference	Returns the element, attribute, or entity reference containing the entity reference.
ProcessingInstruction	Returns the document, element, document type, or entity reference containing the processing instruction.
Text	Returns the parent element, attribute, or entity reference containing the text node.