Dim doc As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument
doc.PreserveWhitespace = True
Try
    doc.Load("booksData.xml")
Catch ex As System.IO.FileNotFoundException
    ' If no file is found, generate some XML.
    doc.LoadXml("<?xml version=""1.0""?> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "<books xmlns=""http://www.contoso.com/books""> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "  <book genre=""novel"" ISBN=""1-861001-57-8"" publicationdate=""1823-01-28""> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "    <title>Pride And Prejudice</title> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "    <price>24.95</price> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "  </book> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "  <book genre=""novel"" ISBN=""1-861002-30-1"" publicationdate=""1985-01-01""> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "    <title>The Handmaid's Tale</title> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "    <price>29.95</price> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "  </book> " & ControlChars.NewLine & _
        "</books>")
End Try

'************************************************************************************
'
'  Associate the schema with XML. Then, load the XML and validate it against
'  the schema.
'
'************************************************************************************
Public Function LoadDocumentWithSchemaValidation(ByVal generateXML As Boolean, ByVal generateSchema As Boolean) As XmlDocument
    Dim reader As XmlReader
    Dim settings As XmlReaderSettings = New XmlReaderSettings
    ' Helper method to retrieve schema.
    Dim schema As XmlSchema = getSchema(generateSchema)
    If (schema Is Nothing) Then
        Return Nothing
    End If
    settings.Schemas.Add(schema)
    AddHandler settings.ValidationEventHandler, AddressOf settings_ValidationEventHandler
    settings.ValidationFlags = (settings.ValidationFlags Or XmlSchemaValidationFlags.ReportValidationWarnings)
    settings.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema
    Try
        reader = XmlReader.Create("booksData.xml", settings)
    Catch ex As System.IO.FileNotFoundException
        If generateXML Then
            Dim xml As String = generateXMLString()
            Dim byteArray() As Byte = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xml)
            Dim stream As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream(byteArray)
            reader = XmlReader.Create(stream, settings)
        Else
            Return Nothing
        End If
    End Try
    Dim doc As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument
    doc.PreserveWhitespace = True
    doc.Load(reader)
    reader.Close()
    Return doc
End Function

'************************************************************************************
'
'  Helper method that generates an XML Schema.
'
'************************************************************************************
Private Function generateXMLSchema() As String

    Dim generatedXmlSchema As String = "<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8""?> " & _
            "<xs:schema attributeFormDefault=""unqualified"" " & _
            "elementFormDefault=""qualified"" targetNamespace=""http://www.contoso.com/books"" " & _
            "xmlns:xs=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema""> " & _
            "<xs:element name=""books""> " & _
            "<xs:complexType> " & _
            "<xs:sequence> " & _
            "<xs:element maxOccurs=""unbounded"" name=""book""> " & _
            "<xs:complexType> " & _
            "<xs:sequence> " & _
            "<xs:element name=""title"" type=""xs:string"" /> " & _
            "<xs:element name=""price"" type=""xs:decimal"" /> " & _
            "</xs:sequence> " & _
            "<xs:attribute name=""genre"" type=""xs:string"" use=""required"" /> " & _
            "<xs:attribute name=""publicationdate"" type=""xs:date"" use=""required"" /> " & _
            "<xs:attribute name=""ISBN"" type=""xs:string"" use=""required"" /> " & _
            "</xs:complexType> " & _
            "</xs:element> " & _
            "</xs:sequence> " & _
            "</xs:complexType> " & _
            "</xs:element> " & _
            "</xs:schema> "


    Return generatedXmlSchema

End Function

'************************************************************************************
'
'  Helper method that gets a schema
'
'************************************************************************************
Private Function getSchema(ByVal generateSchema As Boolean) As XmlSchema
    Dim xs As XmlSchemaSet = New XmlSchemaSet
    Dim schema As XmlSchema
    Try
        schema = xs.Add("http://www.contoso.com/books", "booksData.xsd")
    Catch ex As System.IO.FileNotFoundException
        If generateSchema Then
            Dim xmlSchemaString As String = generateXMLSchema()
            Dim byteArray() As Byte = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xmlSchemaString)
            Dim stream As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream(byteArray)
            Dim reader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create(stream)
            schema = xs.Add("http://www.contoso.com/books", reader)
        Else
            Return Nothing
        End If
    End Try
    Return schema
End Function

'************************************************************************************
'
'  Helper method to validate the XML against the schema.
'
'************************************************************************************
Private Sub validateXML(ByVal generateSchema As Boolean, ByVal doc As XmlDocument)
    If (doc.Schemas.Count = 0) Then
        ' Helper method to retrieve schema.
        Dim schema As XmlSchema = getSchema(generateSchema)
        doc.Schemas.Add(schema)
    End If
    ' Use an event handler to validate the XML node against the schema.
    doc.Validate(AddressOf settings_ValidationEventHandler)
End Sub

'************************************************************************************
'
'  Event handler that is raised when XML doesn't validate against the schema.
'
'************************************************************************************
Private Sub settings_ValidationEventHandler(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Xml.Schema.ValidationEventArgs)
    If (e.Severity = XmlSeverityType.Warning) Then
        System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(("The following validation warning occurred: " & e.Message))
    ElseIf (e.Severity = XmlSeverityType.Error) Then
        System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(("The following critical validation errors occurred: " & e.Message))
        Dim objectType As Type = sender.GetType
    End If
End Sub

Option Strict
Option Explicit

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        'Create the XmlDocument.
        Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
        doc.LoadXml("<?xml version='1.0' ?>" & _
                    "<book genre='novel' ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" & _
                    "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" & _
                    "</book>")
        
        'Display the document element.
        Console.WriteLine(doc.DocumentElement.OuterXml)
    End Sub
End Class

Option Strict
Option Explicit

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        
        Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
        doc.LoadXml("<book ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" & _
                    "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" & _
                    "<price>19.95</price>" & _
                    "</book>")
        
        Dim root As XmlNode = doc.FirstChild
        
        'Display the contents of the child nodes.
        If root.HasChildNodes Then
            Dim i As Integer
            For i = 0 To root.ChildNodes.Count - 1
                Console.WriteLine(root.ChildNodes(i).InnerText)
            Next i
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

Option Explicit
Option Strict

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

Public Class Sample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        
        Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
        doc.LoadXml("<book ISBN='1-861001-57-5'>" & _
                    "<title>Pride And Prejudice</title>" & _
                    "<price>19.95</price>" & _
                    "</book>")
        
        Dim root As XmlNode = doc.FirstChild
        
        Console.WriteLine("Display the price element...")
        Console.WriteLine(root.LastChild.OuterXml)
    End Sub
End Class

' 导入命名空间
Imports System.Xml
 
public class Sample 

  public shared sub Main() 

      Dim doc as XmlDocument = new XmlDocument()
      doc.Load("books.xml")

      Dim currNode as XmlNode = doc.DocumentElement.FirstChild
      Console.WriteLine("First book...")
      Console.WriteLine(currNode.OuterXml)

      Dim nextNode as XmlNode = currNode.NextSibling
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.LF + "Second book...")
      Console.WriteLine(nextNode.OuterXml) 

  end sub
end class

' 导入命名空间
Imports System.Xml

public class Sample 

  public shared sub Main() 

      Dim doc as XmlDocument = new XmlDocument()
      doc.Load("books.xml")

      Dim lastNode as XmlNode = doc.DocumentElement.LastChild
      Console.WriteLine("Last book...")
      Console.WriteLine(lastNode.OuterXml)

      Dim prevNode as XmlNode = lastNode.PreviousSibling
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.LF + "Previous book...")
      Console.WriteLine(prevNode.OuterXml)  
  end sub
end class

Public Function GetBook(ByVal uniqueAttribute As String, ByVal doc As XmlDocument) As XmlNode
    Dim nsmgr As XmlNamespaceManager = New XmlNamespaceManager(doc.NameTable)
    nsmgr.AddNamespace("bk", "http://www.contoso.com/books")
    Dim xPathString As String = ("//bk:books/bk:book[@ISBN='" _
                & (uniqueAttribute & "']"))
    Dim xmlNode As XmlNode = doc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode(xPathString, nsmgr)
    Return xmlNode
End Function

Public Sub GetBookInformation(ByRef title As String, ByRef ISBN As String, ByRef publicationDate As String, ByRef price As String, ByRef genre As String, ByVal book As XmlNode)
    Dim bookElement As XmlElement = CType(book, XmlElement)
    ' Get the attributes of a book.        
    Dim attr As XmlAttribute = bookElement.GetAttributeNode("ISBN")
    ISBN = attr.InnerXml
    attr = bookElement.GetAttributeNode("genre")
    genre = attr.InnerXml
    attr = bookElement.GetAttributeNode("publicationdate")
    publicationDate = attr.InnerXml
    ' Get the values of child elements of a book.
    title = bookElement("title").InnerText
    price = bookElement("price").InnerText
End Sub

' 导入命名空间
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml

public class Sample

  public shared sub Main()

    'Create the XmlDocument.
    Dim doc as XmlDocument = new XmlDocument()
    doc.Load("booksort.xml")
           
    Dim book as XmlNode
    Dim nodeList as XmlNodeList 
    Dim root as XmlNode = doc.DocumentElement

    nodeList=root.SelectNodes("descendant::book[author/last-name='Austen']")
 
    'Change the price on the books.
    for each book in nodeList      
      book.LastChild.InnerText="15.95"
    next 

    Console.WriteLine("Display the modified XML document....")
    doc.Save(Console.Out)
    
  end sub
end class

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.Load("books.xml")
        
        'Display all the book titles.
        Dim elemList As XmlNodeList = doc.GetElementsByTagName("title")
        Dim i As Integer
        For i = 0 To elemList.Count - 1
            Console.WriteLine(elemList(i).InnerXml)
        Next i
    End Sub
End Class

Public Sub editBook(ByVal title As String, ByVal ISBN As String,
                    ByVal publicationDate As String, ByVal genre As String,
                    ByVal price As String, ByVal book As XmlNode, ByVal validateNode As Boolean,
                    ByVal generateSchema As Boolean)

    Dim bookElement As XmlElement = CType(book, XmlElement)

    ' Get the attributes of a book.        
    bookElement.SetAttribute("ISBN", ISBN)
    bookElement.SetAttribute("genre", genre)
    bookElement.SetAttribute("publicationdate", publicationDate)

    ' Get the values of child elements of a book.
    bookElement("title").InnerText = title
    bookElement("price").InnerText = price
    If validateNode Then
        validateXML(generateSchema, bookElement.OwnerDocument)
    End If

End Sub

Public Function AddNewBook(ByVal genre As String, ByVal ISBN As String, ByVal misc As String, ByVal title As String, ByVal price As String, ByVal doc As XmlDocument) As XmlElement
    ' Create a new book element.
    Dim bookElement As XmlElement = doc.CreateElement("book", "http://www.contoso.com/books")

    ' Create attributes for book and append them to the book element.
    Dim attribute As XmlAttribute = doc.CreateAttribute("genre")
    attribute.Value = genre
    bookElement.Attributes.Append(attribute)

    attribute = doc.CreateAttribute("ISBN")
    attribute.Value = ISBN
    bookElement.Attributes.Append(attribute)

    attribute = doc.CreateAttribute("publicationdate")
    attribute.Value = misc
    bookElement.Attributes.Append(attribute)

    ' Create and append a child element for the title of the book.
    Dim titleElement As XmlElement = doc.CreateElement("title")
    titleElement.InnerText = title
    bookElement.AppendChild(titleElement)

    ' Introduce a newline character so that XML is nicely formatted.
    bookElement.InnerXml = bookElement.InnerXml.Replace(titleElement.OuterXml, _
                           "\n   " & titleElement.OuterXml & " " & ControlChars.NewLine + "    ")
    ' Create and append a child element for the price of the book.
    Dim priceElement As XmlElement = doc.CreateElement("price")
    priceElement.InnerText = price
    bookElement.AppendChild(priceElement)

    ' Introduce a newline character so that XML is nicely formatted.
    bookElement.InnerXml = bookElement.InnerXml.Replace(priceElement.OuterXml,
                                                        (priceElement.OuterXml & "   " & ControlChars.NewLine & "  "))
    Return bookElement
End Function

Public Sub deleteBook(ByVal book As XmlNode)

    Dim prevNode As XmlNode = book.PreviousSibling
    book.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(book)

    If ((prevNode.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Whitespace) _
                OrElse (prevNode.NodeType = XmlNodeType.SignificantWhitespace)) Then
        prevNode.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(prevNode)

    End If
End Sub

'************************************************************************************
'
'  Summary: Move elements up in the XML.
'  
'
'************************************************************************************
Public Sub MoveElementUp(ByVal book As XmlNode)
    Dim previousNode As XmlNode = book.PreviousSibling

    While ((Not (previousNode) Is Nothing) _
                AndAlso (previousNode.NodeType <> XmlNodeType.Element))
        previousNode = previousNode.PreviousSibling

    End While
    If (Not (previousNode) Is Nothing) Then
        Dim newLineNode As XmlNode = book.NextSibling
        book.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(book)

        If ((newLineNode.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Whitespace) _
                    Or (newLineNode.NodeType = XmlNodeType.SignificantWhitespace)) Then
            newLineNode.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(newLineNode)
        End If

        InsertBookElement(CType(book, XmlElement), Constants.positionAbove,
                          previousNode, False, False)
    End If
End Sub

'************************************************************************************
'
'  Summary: Move elements down in the XML.
'  
'
'************************************************************************************
Public Sub MoveElementDown(ByVal book As XmlNode)
    ' Walk backwards until we find an element - ignore text nodes
    Dim NextNode As XmlNode = book.NextSibling

    While ((Not (NextNode) Is Nothing) _
                AndAlso (NextNode.NodeType <> XmlNodeType.Element))
        NextNode = NextNode.NextSibling

    End While

    If (Not (NextNode) Is Nothing) Then
        Dim newLineNode As XmlNode = book.PreviousSibling
        book.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(book)

        If ((newLineNode.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Whitespace) _
                    Or (newLineNode.NodeType = XmlNodeType.SignificantWhitespace)) Then
            newLineNode.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement.RemoveChild(newLineNode)
        End If

        InsertBookElement(CType(book, XmlElement), Constants.positionBelow,
                          NextNode, False, False)
    End If
End Sub