XPathNodeList Class (System.Xml.XPath)

XPathNodeList Class

The XPathNodeList class provides a collection of nodes selected by an XPath query.

Namespace

System.Xml.XPath

Assembly

System.Xml.XPath.dll

Inheritance

Object → XPathNodeList

Properties

Name	Type	Description
`Count`	`int`	Gets the number of nodes in the collection.
`Item[int index]`	`XPathNavigator`	Gets the node at the specified index.

Methods

Name	Return Type	Description
`GetEnumerator()`	`IEnumerator`	Returns an enumerator that can iterate through the collection.
`Clone()`	`XPathNodeList`	Creates a shallow copy of the `XPathNodeList`.

Remarks

An XPathNodeList is typically returned by the Select method of an XPathNavigator or XPathExpression. The collection is read‑only; attempts to modify it will cause a runtime exception.

Example

using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.XPath;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        string xml = @"<books>
                         <book genre='novel'>
                           <title>The Handmaid's Tale</title>
                         </book>
                         <book genre='poetry'>
                           <title>Leaves of Grass</title>
                         </book>
                       </books>";

        XPathDocument doc = new XPathDocument(new System.IO.StringReader(xml));
        XPathNavigator nav = doc.CreateNavigator();

        XPathNodeList nodes = nav.Select("//book[@genre='novel']/title");
        foreach (XPathNavigator title in nodes)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(title.Value);
        }
    }
}

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