TemplateControl.XPathSelect Method (String)

.NET Framework (current version)

Evaluates an XPath data-binding expression and returns a node collection that implements the IEnumerable interface.

Namespace: System.Web.UI
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

Syntax

member XPathSelect : 
        xPathExpression:string -> IEnumerable

Parameters

xPathExpression: Type: System.String
The XPath expression to evaluate. For more information, see XPathBinder.

Return Value

Type: System.Collections.IEnumerable

An IEnumerable node list.

Remarks

The XPathSelect method calls the XPathBinder.Select method using the GetDataItem method to resolve the IXPathNavigable object reference that the expression is evaluated against.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the XPathSelect method in a Repeater control.

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The following test XML data can be used in the preceding code example.

<contacts>
   <contact id="1">
     <name>contact name 1</name>
     <note>contact note 1</note>
   </contact>
   <contact id="2">
     <name>contact name 2</name>
     <note>contact note 2</note>
   </contact>
</contacts>

Version Information

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0