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XPathNavigator::MoveToFollowing Method (XPathNodeType)

 

Moves the XPathNavigator to the following element of the XPathNodeType specified in document order.

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

public:
virtual bool MoveToFollowing(
	XPathNodeType type
)

Parameters

type
Type: System.Xml.XPath::XPathNodeType

The XPathNodeType of the element. The XPathNodeType cannot be Attribute or Namespace.

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean

true if the XPathNavigator moved successfully; otherwise false.

In the following example, the XPathNavigator is moved from the root of the contosoBooks.xml file to the following bookstore element.

       XPathDocument^ document = gcnew XPathDocument("contosoBooks.xml");
       XPathNavigator^ navigator = document->CreateNavigator();

navigator->MoveToFollowing(XPathNodeType::Element);

       Console::WriteLine("Position: {0}", navigator->Name);
       Console::WriteLine(navigator->OuterXml);

The example takes the contosoBooks.xml file as an 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 2.0
Silverlight
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