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XPathExpression Class provides a typed class that represents a compiled XPath expression
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Imports System
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.XPath
Public Class MainClass
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim document As XPathDocument = New XPathDocument("domainBooks.xml")
Dim navigator As XPathNavigator = document.CreateNavigator()
Dim expression1 As XPathExpression = XPathExpression.Compile(".//bk:price/text()*10") ' Returns a number.
Dim expression2 As XPathExpression = XPathExpression.Compile("bk:bookstore/bk:book/bk:price") ' Returns a nodeset.
Dim manager As XmlNamespaceManager = New XmlNamespaceManager(navigator.NameTable)
manager.AddNamespace("bk", "http://www.domain.com/books")
expression1.SetContext(manager)
expression2.SetContext(manager)
Evaluate(expression1, navigator)
Evaluate(expression2, navigator)
End Sub
Public Shared Sub Evaluate(ByVal expression As XPathExpression, ByVal navigator As XPathNavigator)
Select Case expression.ReturnType
Case XPathResultType.Number
Console.WriteLine(navigator.Evaluate(expression))
Exit Sub
Case XPathResultType.NodeSet
Dim nodes As XPathNodeIterator = navigator.Select(expression)
While nodes.MoveNext()
Console.WriteLine(nodes.Current.ToString())
End While
Case XPathResultType.Boolean
If CType(navigator.Evaluate(expression), Boolean) Then
Console.WriteLine("True!")
End If
Case XPathResultType.String
Console.WriteLine(navigator.Evaluate(expression))
End Select
End Sub
End Class
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