Abstract Syntax Tree - Nested objects #511

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claunia · 2026-01-29T14:38:29Z

claunia commented

2026-01-29 14:38:29 +00:00

Originally created by @aviveldan on GitHub (Mar 17, 2022).

Hi,
Would be glad for your help. Not sure if it is a feature request or silly question.

I am trying to work with the AST.

var pipeline = new MarkdownPipelineBuilder().UseAdvancedExtensions().Build();
var result = Markdown.Parse(
@"
# Hello there :)
| Item         | Price     | # In stock |
|--------------|-----------|------------|
| Juicy Apples | 1.99      | *7*        |
| Bananas      | **1.89**  | 5234       |
", pipeline);

Now I want to check if there are nodes within the group of types: bold, italic, header
I tried using the Enumerator:
var i = result.GetEnumerator();
But the MoveNext method doesn't go through nested nodes, and therefore I need to check the type of the current object:
i.Current.GetType()
and then use dynamic variable and casting if it is in the list of the objects that can have children objects...
I am pretty sure this isn't how I should traverse the tree.
Any ideas how to do that efficiently?

Thanks in advance :)

Originally created by @aviveldan on GitHub (Mar 17, 2022). Hi, Would be glad for your help. Not sure if it is a feature request or silly question. I am trying to work with the AST. ```c# var pipeline = new MarkdownPipelineBuilder().UseAdvancedExtensions().Build(); var result = Markdown.Parse( @" # Hello there :) | Item | Price | # In stock | |--------------|-----------|------------| | Juicy Apples | 1.99 | *7* | | Bananas | **1.89** | 5234 | ", pipeline); ``` Now I want to check if there are nodes within the group of types: bold, italic, header I tried using the Enumerator: `var i = result.GetEnumerator();` But the MoveNext method doesn't go through nested nodes, and therefore I need to check the type of the current object: `i.Current.GetType()` and then use dynamic variable and casting if it is in the list of the objects that can have children objects... I am pretty sure this isn't how I should traverse the tree. Any ideas how to do that efficiently? Thanks in advance :)

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2026-01-29 14:49:19 +00:00

[PR #511] [MERGED] Expose `TextRendererBase.Reset` method to inheritors #1067

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[PR #511] Expose `TextRendererBase.Reset` method to inheritors #1071

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