XPathDocument Class
.NET Framework 4.5
Provides a fast, read-only, in-memory representation of an XML document by using the XPath data model.
Namespace: System.Xml.XPath
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
The XPathDocument type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | XPathDocument(Stream) | Initializes a new instance of the XPathDocument class from the XML data in the specified Stream object. |
| XPathDocument(String) | Initializes a new instance of the XPathDocument class from the XML data in the specified file. |
| XPathDocument(TextReader) | Initializes a new instance of the XPathDocument class from the XML data that is contained in the specified TextReader object. |
| XPathDocument(XmlReader) | Initializes a new instance of the XPathDocument class from the XML data that is contained in the specified XmlReader object. |
| XPathDocument(String, XmlSpace) | Initializes a new instance of the XPathDocument class from the XML data in the file specified with the white space handling specified. |
| XPathDocument(XmlReader, XmlSpace) | Initializes a new instance of the XPathDocument class from the XML data that is contained in the specified XmlReader object with the specified white space handling. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| CreateNavigator | Initializes a read-only XPathNavigator object for navigating through nodes in this XPathDocument. |
| Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
 | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
For more information about processing XML data by using the XPath data model, see the Process XML Data Using the XPath Data Model topic.
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
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