Public Overridable Function GetEnumerator As IEnumerator

Dim instance As XPathNodeIterator
Dim returnValue As IEnumerator

returnValue = instance.GetEnumerator()

public virtual IEnumerator GetEnumerator()

public:
virtual IEnumerator^ GetEnumerator()

public function GetEnumerator() : IEnumerator

Implements

The enumerator is positioned on the current position of the XPathNodeIterator object.

There are two ways to iterate over an XPathNavigator collection by using the XPathNodeIterator class.

One way is to use MoveNext and then call Current to get the current XPathNavigator instance, as in the following example:

While nodeIterator.MoveNext()
    Dim n As XPathNavigator = nodeIterator.Current
    Console.WriteLine(n.LocalName)
End While

while (nodeIterator.MoveNext())
{
    XPathNavigator n = nodeIterator.Current;
    Console.WriteLine(n.LocalName);
}

        while (nodeIterator->MoveNext())
        {
            XPathNavigator^ n = nodeIterator->Current;
        Console::WriteLine(n->LocalName);
        }

Another way is to use a foreach loop to call GetEnumerator and use the returned IEnumerator interface to enumerate the nodes, as in the following example:

For Each n As XPathNavigator In nodeIterator
    Console.WriteLine(nav.LocalName)
Next

foreach (XPathNavigator n in nodeIterator)
    Console.WriteLine(n.LocalName);

        for each (XPathNavigator^ n in nodeIterator)
        Console::WriteLine(n->LocalName);

You should either use MoveNext and Current or use GetEnumerator. Combining these two approaches can cause unexpected results. For example, if the MoveNext is called first, and then GetEnumerator is called in the foreach loop, the foreach loop will not start enumerating the results from the beginning of the collection, but from the position after the Current method.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

.NET Framework

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