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XPathResultType.Boolean

  


Imports System
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.XPath

Public Class MainClass

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim document As XPathDocument = New XPathDocument("contosoBooks.xml")
        Dim navigator As XPathNavigator = document.CreateNavigator()

        Dim expression1 As XPathExpression = XPathExpression.Compile(".//bk:price/text()*10")  ' Returns a number.
        Dim expression2 As XPathExpression = XPathExpression.Compile("bk:bookstore/bk:book/bk:price")  ' Returns a nodeset.

        Dim manager As XmlNamespaceManager = New XmlNamespaceManager(navigator.NameTable)
        manager.AddNamespace("bk", "http://www.yourname.com/books")

        expression1.SetContext(manager)
        expression2.SetContext(manager)

        Evaluate(expression1, navigator)
        Evaluate(expression2, navigator)

    End Sub

    Public Shared Sub Evaluate(ByVal expression As XPathExpression, ByVal navigator As XPathNavigator)

        Select Case expression.ReturnType
            Case XPathResultType.Boolean
                If CType(navigator.Evaluate(expression), Boolean) Then
                    Console.WriteLine("True!")
                End If


        End Select

    End Sub
End Class

'<bookstore xmlns="http://www.yourname.com/books">
'    <book genre="autobiography" publicationdate="1999-12-12" ISBN="1-111111-11-1">
'        <title>A</title>
'        <author>
'            <first-name>X</first-name>
'            <last-name>Y</last-name>
'        </author>
'        <price>8.99</price>
'    </book>
'    <book genre="novel" publicationdate="2000-01-01" ISBN="0-201-63361-2">
'        <title>Java</title>
'        <author>
'            <first-name>Q</first-name>
'            <last-name>Q</last-name>
'        </author>
'        <price>11.99</price>
'    </book>
'    <book genre="philosophy" publicationdate="1991-02-15" ISBN="1-861001-57-6">
'        <title>C#</title>
'        <author>
'            <name>Author</name>
'        </author>
'        <price>9.99</price>
'    </book>
'</bookstore>

   
    
  








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