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XPathNavigator.SelectDescendants Method (String, String, Boolean)

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Selects all the descendant nodes of the current node with the local name and namespace URI specified.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable Function SelectDescendants ( _
    name As String, _
    namespaceURI As String, _
    matchSelf As Boolean _
) As XPathNodeIterator

public virtual XPathNodeIterator SelectDescendants(
    string name,
    string namespaceURI,
    bool matchSelf
)

Parameters

  • name
    Type: System.String
    The local name of the descendant nodes.
  • namespaceURI
    Type: System.String
    The namespace URI of the descendant nodes.
  • matchSelf
    Type: System.Boolean
    true to include the context node in the selection; otherwise, false.

Return Value

Type: System.Xml.XPath.XPathNodeIterator
An XPathNodeIterator that contains the selected nodes.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.