BuildingBlock

Overview

BuildingBlock is a class in Aspose.Words FOSS for .NET. Inherits from: CompositeNode.

This class provides 27 methods for working with BuildingBlock objects in .NET programs. Available methods include: Accept, AcceptEnd, AcceptStart, AppendChild, BuildingBlock, Clone, CreateNavigator, GetAncestor, GetAncestorOf, GetChild, GetChildNodes, GetEnumerator, and 15 additional methods. All public members are accessible to any .NET application after installing the Aspose.Words FOSS for .NET package. Properties: Behavior, Category, Count, CustomNodeId, Description, Document, and 16 more.

Properties

NameTypeAccessDescription
NodeTypeNodeTypeReadReturns the BuildingBlock value.
SectionsSectionCollectionReadReturns a collection that represents all sections in the building block.
FirstSectionSectionReadGets the first section in the building block.
LastSectionSectionReadGets the last section in the building block.
NamestringRead/WriteGets or sets the name of this building block.
GuidGuidRead/WriteGets or sets an identifier (a 128-bit GUID) that uniquely identifies this building block.
DescriptionstringRead/WriteGets or sets the description associated with this building block.
GalleryBuildingBlockGalleryRead/WriteSpecifies the first-level categorization for the building block for the purposes of classification or user interface sorting.
CategorystringRead/WriteSpecifies the second-level categorization for the building block.
BehaviorBuildingBlockBehaviorRead/WriteSpecifies the behavior that shall be applied when the contents of the building block is inserted into the main document.
TypeBuildingBlockTypeRead/WriteSpecifies the building block type.
IsCompositeboolReadReturns true as this node can have child nodes.
HasChildNodesboolReadReturns true if this node has any child nodes.
FirstChildNodeReadGets the first child of the node.
LastChildNodeReadGets the last child of the node.
CountintReadGets the number of immediate children of this node.
ParentNodeCompositeNodeReadGets the immediate parent of this node.
DocumentDocumentBaseReadGets the document to which this node belongs.
PreviousSiblingNodeReadGets the node immediately preceding this node.
NextSiblingNodeReadGets the node immediately following this node.
RangeRangeReadReturns a Range object that represents the portion of a document that is contained in this node.
CustomNodeIdintRead/WriteSpecifies custom node identifier.

Methods

SignatureDescription
BuildingBlock(glossaryDoc: GlossaryDocument)Initializes a new instance of this class.
Accept(visitor: DocumentVisitor)Calls VisitBuildingBlockStart, then calls Accept for all child nodes of this building block, then calls VisitBuildingBlockEnd.
AcceptStart(visitor: DocumentVisitor)Accepts a visitor for visiting the start of the BuildingBlock.
AcceptEnd(visitor: DocumentVisitor)Accepts a visitor for visiting the end of the BuildingBlock.
GetText()Gets the text of this node and of all its children.
GetChildNodes(nodeType: NodeType, isDeep: bool)Returns a collection of child nodes that match the specified type.
GetChild(nodeType: NodeType, index: int, isDeep: bool)Returns an Nth child node that matches the specified type.
SelectNodes(xpath: string)Selects a list of nodes matching the XPath expression.
SelectSingleNode(xpath: string)Selects the first Node that matches the XPath expression.
GetEnumerator()Provides support for the for each style iteration over the child nodes of this node.
AppendChild(newChild: T)Adds the specified node to the end of the list of child nodes for this node.
PrependChild(newChild: T)Adds the specified node to the beginning of the list of child nodes for this node.
InsertAfter(newChild: T, refChild: Node)Inserts the specified node immediately after the specified reference node.
InsertBefore(newChild: T, refChild: Node)Inserts the specified node immediately before the specified reference node.
RemoveChild(oldChild: T)Removes the specified child node.
RemoveAllChildren()Removes all the child nodes of the current node.
RemoveSmartTags()Removes all SmartTag descendant nodes of the current node.
IndexOf(child: Node)Returns the index of the specified child node in the child node array.
CreateNavigator()Creates navigator which can be used to traverse and read nodes.
Clone(isCloneChildren: bool)You should use the Clone(bool, INodeCloningListener) overload when the node cloning is a part of another (usually composite) node cloning process.
GetAncestor(ancestorType: Type)Gets the first ancestor of the specified object type.
GetAncestorOf()Calls GetAncestorOf on this BuildingBlock instance.
Remove()Removes itself from the parent.
NextPreOrder(rootNode: Node)Gets next node according to the pre-order tree traversal algorithm.
PreviousPreOrder(rootNode: Node)Gets the previous node according to the pre-order tree traversal algorithm.
ToString(saveFormat: SaveFormat)Exports the content of the node into a string in the specified format.
NodeTypeToString(nodeType: NodeType)A utility method that converts a node type enum value into a user friendly string.

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