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XPathNavigator ValueType Property gets the NET Framework Type of the current node
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Imports System
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.XPath
Public Class MainClass
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim settings As XmlReaderSettings = New XmlReaderSettings()
settings.Schemas.Add("http://www.domain.com/books", "domainBooks.xsd")
settings.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema
Dim reader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create("domainBooks.xml", settings)
Dim document As XPathDocument = New XPathDocument(reader)
Dim navigator As XPathNavigator = document.CreateNavigator()
navigator.MoveToChild("bookstore", "http://www.domain.com/books")
navigator.MoveToChild("book", "http://www.domain.com/books")
navigator.MoveToChild("price", "http://www.domain.com/books")
Console.WriteLine(navigator.ValueType)
Dim price As String = navigator.ValueAs(GetType(String))
Console.WriteLine(price)
End Sub
End Class
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