XPathExpression::ReturnType Property

 

When overridden in a derived class, gets the result type of the XPath expression.

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

public:
property XPathResultType ReturnType {
	virtual XPathResultType get() abstract;
}

Property Value

Type: System.Xml.XPath::XPathResultType

An XPathResultType value representing the result type of the XPath expression.

The following example shows how to use the XPath return type to determine how to process the XPath expression.

public ref class Sample
{
public:
   static void Evaluate( XPathExpression^ expr, XPathNavigator^ nav )
   {
      XPathNodeIterator^ i = nav->Select(expr);
      switch ( expr->ReturnType )
      {
         case XPathResultType::Number:
            Console::WriteLine( nav->Evaluate( expr ) );
            break;

         case XPathResultType::NodeSet:
            while ( i->MoveNext() )
                        Console::WriteLine( i->Current );
            break;

         case XPathResultType::Boolean:
            if ( *safe_cast<bool^>(nav->Evaluate( expr )) )
                        Console::WriteLine( "True!" );
            break;

         case XPathResultType::String:
            Console::WriteLine( nav->Evaluate( expr ) );
            break;
      }
   }

};

int main()
{
   XPathDocument^ doc = gcnew XPathDocument( "contosoBooks.xml" );
   XPathNavigator^ nav = doc->CreateNavigator();
   XPathExpression^ expr1 = nav->Compile( ".//price/text()*10" ); // Returns a number.

   XPathExpression^ expr2 = nav->Compile( "bookstore/book/price" ); // Returns a nodeset.

   Sample^ MySample = gcnew Sample;
   MySample->Evaluate( expr1, nav );
   MySample->Evaluate( expr2, nav );
}

The example takes the contosoBooks.xml file as input.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<bookstore xmlns="http://www.contoso.com/books">
    <book genre="autobiography" publicationdate="1981-03-22" ISBN="1-861003-11-0">
        <title>The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin</title>
        <author>
            <first-name>Benjamin</first-name>
            <last-name>Franklin</last-name>
        </author>
        <price>8.99</price>
    </book>
    <book genre="novel" publicationdate="1967-11-17" ISBN="0-201-63361-2">
        <title>The Confidence Man</title>
        <author>
            <first-name>Herman</first-name>
            <last-name>Melville</last-name>
        </author>
        <price>11.99</price>
    </book>
    <book genre="philosophy" publicationdate="1991-02-15" ISBN="1-861001-57-6">
        <title>The Gorgias</title>
        <author>
            <name>Plato</name>
        </author>
        <price>9.99</price>
    </book>
</bookstore>

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Silverlight
Available since 4.0
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