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XPathNavigator.SelectAncestors Method (XPathNodeType, Boolean)

.NET Framework 4.5

Selects all the ancestor nodes of the current node that have a matching XPathNodeType.

Namespace: System.Xml.XPath
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)

public virtual XPathNodeIterator SelectAncestors(
	XPathNodeType type,
	bool matchSelf
)

Parameters

type: Type: System.Xml.XPath.XPathNodeType
The XPathNodeType of the ancestor nodes.

matchSelf: Type: System.Boolean
To include the context node in the selection, true; otherwise, false.

Return Value

Type: System.Xml.XPath.XPathNodeIterator
An XPathNodeIterator that contains the selected nodes. The returned nodes are in reverse document order.

Remarks

The SelectAncestors method has no effect on the state of the XPathNavigator.

Examples

For an example of selecting ancestor nodes, see XPathNavigator.SelectAncestors.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

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)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

XPathNavigator Class

SelectAncestors Overload

System.Xml.XPath Namespace

SelectChildren

SelectDescendants

Select

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