public void BodyNodeType()
{
//ExStart
//ExFor:Body.NodeType
//ExFor:HeaderFooter.NodeType
//ExFor:Document.FirstSection
//ExSummary:Shows how you can enumerate through children of a composite node and detect types of the children nodes.
// Open a document.
Document doc = new Document(MyDir + "Section.BodyNodeType.doc");
// Get the first section in the document.
Section section = doc.FirstSection;
// A Section is a composite node and therefore can contain child nodes.
// Section can contain only Body and HeaderFooter nodes.
foreach (Node node in section)
{
// Every node has the NodeType property.
switch (node.NodeType)
{
case NodeType.Body:
{
// If the node type is Body, we can cast the node to the Body class.
Body body = (Body)node;
// Write the content of the main story of the section to the console.
Console.WriteLine("*** Body ***");
Console.WriteLine(body.GetText());
break;
}
case NodeType.HeaderFooter:
{
// If the node type is HeaderFooter, we can cast the node to the HeaderFooter class.
HeaderFooter headerFooter = (HeaderFooter)node;
// Write the content of the header footer to the console.
Console.WriteLine("*** HeaderFooter ***");
Console.WriteLine(headerFooter.HeaderFooterType);
Console.WriteLine(headerFooter.GetText());
break;
}
default:
{
// Other types of nodes never occur inside a Section node.
throw new Exception("Unexpected node type in a section.");
}
}
}
//ExEnd
}
