Question

I am building up an XML document using c#. I use AppendChild to add an element called say “test” to a parent element in the document.

I then build up more of the xmlDocument but further down the same document I wish to append the same element “test” to a different node.

I have tried using AppendChild but it added it to the new node and removed it from the existing one. Which I guess is expected. I was just wondering is there anything available that I can use to copy the existing element and add it to a new node without removing it from the existing position?

To perhaps help explain the following code results in the test element only appearing in parentElement2.

parentElement1.AppendChild(test)
...
parentElement2.AppendChild(test)

Is there anyway I can insert test into both parent elements?

Hope this makes sense.

Answer 1

This should be possible with the CloneNode method. It lets you create a (possibly deep) copy of a node, which you can then insert wherever you like in your document.