XPathNavigator.MoveToNext Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.XPath

Assembly:

System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Moves the XPathNavigator to the next sibling node of the current node.

Overloads

MoveToNext()	When overridden in a derived class, moves the XPathNavigator to the next sibling node of the current node.
MoveToNext(XPathNodeType)	Moves the XPathNavigator to the next sibling node of the current node that matches the XPathNodeType specified.
MoveToNext(String, String)	Moves the XPathNavigator to the next sibling node with the local name and namespace URI specified.

MoveToNext()

Source:

XPathNavigator.cs

When overridden in a derived class, moves the XPathNavigator to the next sibling node of the current node.

public:
 abstract bool MoveToNext();

public abstract bool MoveToNext ();

abstract member MoveToNext : unit -> bool

Public MustOverride Function MoveToNext () As Boolean

Returns

Boolean

true if the XPathNavigator is successful moving to the next sibling node; otherwise, false if there are no more siblings or if the XPathNavigator is currently positioned on an attribute node. If false, the position of the XPathNavigator is unchanged.

Examples

The following example iterates over the node tree recursively, and displays information about element and text nodes.

static void XPathNavigatorMethods_MoveToNext()
{
    
    XPathDocument^ document = gcnew XPathDocument("books.xml");
    XPathNavigator^ navigator = document->CreateNavigator();
    XPathNodeIterator^ nodeset = navigator->Select("descendant::book[author/last-name='Melville']");

    while (nodeset->MoveNext())
    {
        // Clone iterator here when working with it.
        RecursiveWalk(nodeset->Current->Clone());
    }
}

static void RecursiveWalk(XPathNavigator^ navigator)
{
    switch (navigator->NodeType)
    {
    case XPathNodeType::Element:
        if (navigator->Prefix == String::Empty)
                Console::WriteLine("<{0}>", navigator->LocalName);
            else
        Console::Write("<{0}:{1}>", navigator->Prefix, navigator->LocalName);
                Console::WriteLine("\t" + navigator->NamespaceURI);
            break;
    case XPathNodeType::Text:
            Console::WriteLine("\t" + navigator->Value);
            break;
    }

    if (navigator->MoveToFirstChild())
    {
        do
        {
            RecursiveWalk(navigator);
        } while (navigator->MoveToNext());

        navigator->MoveToParent();
        if (navigator->NodeType == XPathNodeType::Element)
            Console::WriteLine("</{0}>", navigator->Name);
    }
    else
    {
        if (navigator->NodeType == XPathNodeType::Element)
        {
            Console::WriteLine("</{0}>", navigator->Name);
       }
    }
}

static void XPathNavigatorMethods_MoveToNext()
{

    XPathDocument document = new XPathDocument("books.xml");
    XPathNavigator navigator = document.CreateNavigator();
    XPathNodeIterator nodeset = navigator.Select("descendant::book[author/last-name='Melville']");

    while (nodeset.MoveNext())
    {
        // Clone iterator here when working with it.
        RecursiveWalk(nodeset.Current.Clone());
    }
}

public static void RecursiveWalk(XPathNavigator navigator)
{
    switch (navigator.NodeType)
    {
        case XPathNodeType.Element:
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(navigator.Prefix))
                Console.WriteLine("<{0}>", navigator.LocalName);
            else
                Console.Write("<{0}:{1}>", navigator.Prefix, navigator.LocalName);
            Console.WriteLine("\t" + navigator.NamespaceURI);
            break;
        case XPathNodeType.Text:
            Console.WriteLine("\t" + navigator.Value);
            break;
    }

    if (navigator.MoveToFirstChild())
    {
        do
        {
            RecursiveWalk(navigator);
        } while (navigator.MoveToNext());

        navigator.MoveToParent();
        if (navigator.NodeType == XPathNodeType.Element)
            Console.WriteLine("</{0}>", navigator.Name);
    }
    else
    {
        if (navigator.NodeType == XPathNodeType.Element)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("</{0}>", navigator.Name);
        }
    }
}

Shared Sub XPathNavigatorMethods_MoveToNext()

    Dim document As XPathDocument = New XPathDocument("books.xml")
    Dim navigator As XPathNavigator = document.CreateNavigator()
    Dim nodeset As XPathNodeIterator = navigator.Select("descendant::book[author/last-name='Melville']")

    While nodeset.MoveNext()
        ' Clone iterator here when working with it.
        RecursiveWalk(nodeset.Current.Clone())
    End While

End Sub

Shared Sub RecursiveWalk(ByVal navigator As XPathNavigator)

    Select Case navigator.NodeType
        Case XPathNodeType.Element
            If navigator.Prefix = String.Empty Then
                Console.WriteLine("<{0}>", navigator.LocalName)
            Else
                Console.Write("<{0}:{1}>", navigator.Prefix, navigator.LocalName)
                Console.WriteLine(vbTab + navigator.NamespaceURI)
            End If
        Case XPathNodeType.Text
            Console.WriteLine(vbTab + navigator.Value)
    End Select

    If navigator.MoveToFirstChild() Then
        Do
            RecursiveWalk(navigator)
        Loop While (navigator.MoveToNext())

        navigator.MoveToParent()
        If (navigator.NodeType = XPathNodeType.Element) Then
            Console.WriteLine("</{0}>", navigator.Name)
        End If
    Else
        If navigator.NodeType = XPathNodeType.Element Then
            Console.WriteLine("</{0}>", navigator.Name)
        End If
    End If

End Sub

The example takes the books.xml file as an input.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>   
<bookstore>  
    <book genre="autobiography" publicationdate="1981-03-22" ISBN="1-861003-11-0">  
        <title>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</title>  
        <author>  
            <first-name>Benjamin</first-name>  
            <last-name>Franklin</last-name>  
        </author>  
        <price>8.99</price>  
    </book>  
    <book genre="novel" publicationdate="1967-11-17" ISBN="0-201-63361-2">  
        <title>The Confidence Man</title>  
        <author>  
            <first-name>Herman</first-name>  
            <last-name>Melville</last-name>  
        </author>  
        <price>11.99</price>  
    </book>  
    <book genre="philosophy" publicationdate="1991-02-15" ISBN="1-861001-57-6">  
        <title>The Gorgias</title>  
        <author>  
            <name>Plato</name>  
        </author>  
        <price>9.99</price>  
    </book>  
</bookstore>  

See also

• MoveToPrevious()
• MoveToFirst()

MoveToNext(XPathNodeType)

Source:

XPathNavigator.cs

Moves the XPathNavigator to the next sibling node of the current node that matches the XPathNodeType specified.

public:
 virtual bool MoveToNext(System::Xml::XPath::XPathNodeType type);

public virtual bool MoveToNext (System.Xml.XPath.XPathNodeType type);

abstract member MoveToNext : System.Xml.XPath.XPathNodeType -> bool
override this.MoveToNext : System.Xml.XPath.XPathNodeType -> bool

Public Overridable Function MoveToNext (type As XPathNodeType) As Boolean

Parameters

type

XPathNodeType

The XPathNodeType of the sibling node to move to.

Returns

Boolean

true if the XPathNavigator is successful moving to the next sibling node; otherwise, false if there are no more siblings or if the XPathNavigator is currently positioned on an attribute node. If false, the position of the XPathNavigator is unchanged.

Remarks

The return value of the MoveToNext method depends on the XPathNodeType of the current node and the XPathNodeType of the next sibling node to move to.

The following table shows the different XPathNodeType nodes and the sibling nodes they can move to.

Current Node's XPathNodeType	Sibling Node's XPathNodeType
Element	Element, ProcessingInstruction, Comment, or Text.
Text	Element, ProcessingInstruction, Comment, or Text.
ProcessingInstruction	Element, ProcessingInstruction, Comment, or Text.
Comment	Element, ProcessingInstruction, Comment, or Text.
All other XPathNodeType values	None.

MoveToNext(String, String)

Source:

XPathNavigator.cs

Moves the XPathNavigator to the next sibling node with the local name and namespace URI specified.

public:
 virtual bool MoveToNext(System::String ^ localName, System::String ^ namespaceURI);

public virtual bool MoveToNext (string localName, string namespaceURI);

abstract member MoveToNext : string * string -> bool
override this.MoveToNext : string * string -> bool

Public Overridable Function MoveToNext (localName As String, namespaceURI As String) As Boolean

Parameters

localName

String

The local name of the next sibling node to move to.

namespaceURI

String

The namespace URI of the next sibling node to move to.

Returns

Boolean

true if the XPathNavigator is successful moving to the next sibling node; false if there are no more siblings, or if the XPathNavigator is currently positioned on an attribute node. If false, the position of the XPathNavigator is unchanged.