XPathNodeType Enumeration
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Defines the XPath node types that can be returned from the XPathNavigator class.
Namespace: System.Xml.XPath
Assembly: System.Xml.XPath (in System.Xml.XPath.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Enumeration XPathNodeType
public enum XPathNodeType
Members
| Member name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Root | The root node of the XML document or node tree. | |
| Element | An element, such as <element>. | |
| Attribute | An attribute, such as id='123'. | |
| Namespace | A namespace, such as xmlns="namespace". | |
| Text | The text content of a node. Equivalent to the Document Object Model (DOM) Text and CDATA node types. Contains at least one character. | |
| SignificantWhitespace | A node with white space characters and xml:space set to preserve. | |
| Whitespace | A node with only white space characters and no significant white space. White space characters are #x20, #x9, #xD, or #xA. | |
| ProcessingInstruction | A processing instruction, such as <?pi test?>. This does not include XML declarations, which are not visible to the XPathNavigator class. | |
| Comment | A comment, such as <!-- my comment --> | |
| All | Any of the XPathNodeType node types. |
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.