Evaluates an XPath expression and returns the result. The call to this method is equivalent to Evaluate (expr, null).
public virtual object Evaluate (XPathExpression expr)
Parameters
- expr
- An System.Xml.XPath.XPathExpression instance that represents an XPath expression.
Returns
An stem.Object instance that represents the evaluation result.
Remarks
To evaluate such XPath expression that contains certain namespace prefixes, the argument expression must be supplied XmlNamespaceManager via XPathExpression.SetContext method. If no matching namespace prefix were found in the XPath expression, an System.Xml.XPath.XPathException is thrown.
Requirements
Namespace: System.Xml.XPath
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0