Accept

FieldStart.Accept method

Accepts a visitor.

public override bool Accept(DocumentVisitor visitor)
ParameterTypeDescription
visitorDocumentVisitorThe visitor that will visit the node.

Return Value

False if the visitor requested the enumeration to stop.

Remarks

Calls VisitFieldStart.

For more info see the Visitor design pattern.

Examples

Shows how to work with a collection of fields.

public void FieldCollection()
{
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    builder.InsertField(" DATE \\@ \"dddd, d MMMM yyyy\" ");
    builder.InsertField(" TIME ");
    builder.InsertField(" REVNUM ");
    builder.InsertField(" AUTHOR  \"John Doe\" ");
    builder.InsertField(" SUBJECT \"My Subject\" ");
    builder.InsertField(" QUOTE \"Hello world!\" ");
    doc.UpdateFields();

    FieldCollection fields = doc.Range.Fields;

    Assert.AreEqual(6, fields.Count);

    // Iterate over the field collection, and print contents and type
    // of every field using a custom visitor implementation.
    FieldVisitor fieldVisitor = new FieldVisitor();

    using (IEnumerator<Field> fieldEnumerator = fields.GetEnumerator())
    {
        while (fieldEnumerator.MoveNext())
        {
            if (fieldEnumerator.Current != null)
            {
                fieldEnumerator.Current.Start.Accept(fieldVisitor);
                fieldEnumerator.Current.Separator?.Accept(fieldVisitor);
                fieldEnumerator.Current.End.Accept(fieldVisitor);
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("There are no fields in the document.");
            }
        }
    }

    Console.WriteLine(fieldVisitor.GetText());
}

/// <summary>
/// Document visitor implementation that prints field info.
/// </summary>
public class FieldVisitor : DocumentVisitor
{
    public FieldVisitor()
    {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public string GetText()
    {
        return mBuilder.ToString();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FieldStart node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public override VisitorAction VisitFieldStart(FieldStart fieldStart)
    {
        mBuilder.AppendLine("Found field: " + fieldStart.FieldType);
        mBuilder.AppendLine("\tField code: " + fieldStart.GetField().GetFieldCode());
        mBuilder.AppendLine("\tDisplayed as: " + fieldStart.GetField().Result);

        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FieldSeparator node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public override VisitorAction VisitFieldSeparator(FieldSeparator fieldSeparator)
    {
        mBuilder.AppendLine("\tFound separator: " + fieldSeparator.GetText());

        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FieldEnd node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public override VisitorAction VisitFieldEnd(FieldEnd fieldEnd)
    {
        mBuilder.AppendLine("End of field: " + fieldEnd.FieldType);

        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    private readonly StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

See Also

FieldStart.NodeType