BuildComponentUtilitiesEvalXPathExpr(IXPathNavigable, XPathExpression, String) Method

This is used to get the string result from evaluating an XPath expression against the given document and a context created from a set of key/value pairs.

Definition

Namespace: Sandcastle.Core.BuildAssembler
Assembly: Sandcastle.Core (in Sandcastle.Core.dll) Version: 2024.9.12.0

C#View Source Request Example

public static string EvalXPathExpr(
	this IXPathNavigable document,
	XPathExpression expression,
	params string[] keyValuePairs
)

VBView Source Request Example

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function EvalXPathExpr ( 
	document As IXPathNavigable,
	expression As XPathExpression,
	ParamArray keyValuePairs As String()
) As String

C++View Source Request Example

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static String^ EvalXPathExpr(
	IXPathNavigable^ document, 
	XPathExpression^ expression, 
	... array<String^>^ keyValuePairs
)

F#View Source Request Example

[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member EvalXPathExpr : 
        document : IXPathNavigable * 
        expression : XPathExpression * 
        keyValuePairs : string[] -> string

Parameters

document IXPathNavigable: The document to use
expression XPathExpression: The XPath expression to evaluate
keyValuePairs String: A set of key/value pairs to use when creating the context

Return Value

String
The evaluated expression result

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IXPathNavigable. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Example

C#

string result = document.EvalXPathExpr("concat($key, '.htm')", "key", "filename");

Exceptions

ArgumentException

This is thrown if the keyValuePairs parameter contains an odd number of parameters.