XPath Property
Provides a way to point to a specific element in the document.
Syntax
[VB.NET] Public Property XPath As String
[C#] public string XPath {get; set;}
Remarks
XPath implements a subset of the XML XPath specification, allowing you to point to specific elements in the XML documents.
The path is a series of one or more element accessors separated by '/'. The path can be absolute (starting with '/') or relative to the current XPath location.
The following are possible values for an element accessor:
| 'name' | A particular element name |
| name[i] | The i-th subelement of the current element with the given name |
| [i] | The i-th subelement of the current element |
| [last()] | The last subelement of the current element |
| [last()-i] | The subelement located at the last location minus i in the current element |
| name[@attrname="attrvalue"] | The subelement containing a particular value for a given attribute (supports single AND double quotes) |
| .. | The parent of the current element |
BuildDOM must be set to True prior to parsing the document for the XPath functionality to be available.
Example (Setting XPath):
| Document root | XML.XPath = "/" |
| Specific Element | XML.XPath = "/root/SubElement1/SubElement2/" |
| i-th Child | XML.XPath = "/root/SubElement1[i]" |
Default Value
""