DocumentVisitor Class

public abstract class DocumentVisitor

Public MustInherit Class DocumentVisitor

public ref class DocumentVisitor abstract

[<AbstractClassAttribute>]
type DocumentVisitor =  class end

public void DocStructureToText()
{
    // Open the document that has nodes we want to print the info of
    Document doc = new Document(MyDir + "DocumentVisitor-compatible features.docx");

    // Create an object that inherits from the DocumentVisitor class
    DocStructurePrinter visitor = new DocStructurePrinter();

    // Accepting a visitor lets it start traversing the nodes in the document, 
    // starting with the node that accepted it to then recursively visit every child
    doc.Accept(visitor);

    // Once the visiting is complete, we can retrieve the result of the operation,
    // that in this example, has accumulated in the visitor
    Console.WriteLine(visitor.GetText());
}

/// <summary>
/// This Visitor implementation prints information about sections, bodies, paragraphs and runs encountered in the document.
/// </summary>
public class DocStructurePrinter : DocumentVisitor
{
    public DocStructurePrinter()
    {
        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 Document node is encountered.
    /// </summary>
    public override VisitorAction VisitDocumentStart(Document doc)
    {
        int childNodeCount = doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.Any, true).Count;

        // A Document node is at the root of every document, so if we let a document accept a visitor, this will be the first visitor action to be carried out
        IndentAndAppendLine("[Document start] Child nodes: " + childNodeCount);
        mDocTraversalDepth++;

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes
        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when the visiting of a Document is ended.
    /// </summary>
    public override VisitorAction VisitDocumentEnd(Document doc)
    {
        // If we let a document accept a visitor, this will be the last visitor action to be carried out
        mDocTraversalDepth--;
        IndentAndAppendLine("[Document end]");

        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a Section node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public override VisitorAction VisitSectionStart(Section section)
    {
        // Get the index of our section within the document
        NodeCollection docSections = section.Document.GetChildNodes(NodeType.Section, false);
        int sectionIndex = docSections.IndexOf(section);

        IndentAndAppendLine("[Section start] Section index: " + sectionIndex);
        mDocTraversalDepth++;

        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when the visiting of a Section node is ended.
    /// </summary>
    public override VisitorAction VisitSectionEnd(Section section)
    {
        mDocTraversalDepth--;
        IndentAndAppendLine("[Section end]");

        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a Body node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public override VisitorAction VisitBodyStart(Body body)
    {
        int paragraphCount = body.Paragraphs.Count;
        IndentAndAppendLine("[Body start] Paragraphs: " + paragraphCount);
        mDocTraversalDepth++;

        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when the visiting of a Body node is ended.
    /// </summary>
    public override VisitorAction VisitBodyEnd(Body body)
    {
        mDocTraversalDepth--;
        IndentAndAppendLine("[Body end]");

        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a Paragraph node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public override VisitorAction VisitParagraphStart(Paragraph paragraph)
    {
        IndentAndAppendLine("[Paragraph start]");
        mDocTraversalDepth++;

        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when the visiting of a Paragraph node is ended.
    /// </summary>
    public override VisitorAction VisitParagraphEnd(Paragraph paragraph)
    {
        mDocTraversalDepth--;
        IndentAndAppendLine("[Paragraph end]");

        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a Run node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public override VisitorAction VisitRun(Run run)
    {
        IndentAndAppendLine("[Run] \"" + run.GetText() + "\"");

        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a SubDocument node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public override VisitorAction VisitSubDocument(SubDocument subDocument)
    {
        IndentAndAppendLine("[SubDocument]");

        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Append a line to the StringBuilder and indent it depending on how deep the visitor is into the document tree.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="text"></param>
    private void IndentAndAppendLine(string text)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < mDocTraversalDepth; i++) mBuilder.Append("|  ");

        mBuilder.AppendLine(text);
    }

    private int mDocTraversalDepth;
    private readonly StringBuilder mBuilder;
}