<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="XPathNavigatorRead" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:Literal id="XmlText" runat="server"></asp:Literal>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
File: Default.aspx.cs
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.XPath;
using System.Text;
public partial class XPathNavigatorRead : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string xmlFile = Server.MapPath("Data.xml");
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(xmlFile);
XPathNavigator xnav = doc.CreateNavigator();
XmlText.Text = GetXNavDescr(xnav, 0);
}
private string GetXNavDescr(XPathNavigator xnav, int level)
{
string indent = "";
for (int i = 0; i < level; i++)
indent += " ";
StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder("");
switch (xnav.NodeType)
{
case XPathNodeType.Root:
str.Append("<b>ROOT</b>");
str.Append("<br>");
break;
case XPathNodeType.Element:
str.Append(indent);
str.Append("Element: <b>");
str.Append(xnav.Name);
str.Append("</b><br>");
break;
case XPathNodeType.Text:
str.Append(indent);
str.Append(" - Value: <b>");
str.Append(xnav.Value);
str.Append("</b><br>");
break;
case XPathNodeType.Comment:
str.Append(indent);
str.Append("Comment: <b>");
str.Append(xnav.Value);
str.Append("</b><br>");
break;
}
if (xnav.HasAttributes)
{
xnav.MoveToFirstAttribute();
do
{
str.Append(indent);
str.Append(" - Attribute: <b>");
str.Append(xnav.Name);
str.Append("</b> Value: <b>");
str.Append(xnav.Value);
str.Append("</b><br>");
} while (xnav.MoveToNextAttribute());
xnav.MoveToParent();
}
if (xnav.HasChildren)
{
xnav.MoveToFirstChild();
do
{
str.Append(GetXNavDescr(xnav, level + 1));
} while (xnav.MoveToNext());
xnav.MoveToParent();
}
return str.ToString();
}
}
File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<DvdList>
<DVD ID="1" Category="Category 1">
<Title>title 1</Title>
<Director>directory 2</Director>
<Price>1</Price>
<Starring>
<Star>star 1</Star>
<Star>star 2</Star>
</Starring>
</DVD>
<DVD ID="2" Category="Category 2">
<Title>title 2</Title>
<Director>directory 2</Director>
<Price>2</Price>
<Starring>
<Star>star 3</Star>
<Star>star 4</Star>
</Starring>
</DVD>
</DvdList>