XPathNavigator.MoveToNamespace(String) Method

Definition

Moves the XPathNavigator to the namespace node with the specified namespace prefix.

C#
public virtual bool MoveToNamespace (string name);
C#
public abstract bool MoveToNamespace (string name);

Parameters

name
String

The namespace prefix of the namespace node.

Returns

true if the XPathNavigator is successful moving to the specified namespace; false if a matching namespace node was not found, or if the XPathNavigator is not positioned on an element node. If false, the position of the XPathNavigator is unchanged.

Remarks

After the XPathNavigator has been moved to the namespace node, the Name property reflects the name of the namespace.

When the XPathNavigator is positioned on a namespace node, the methods MoveToNext, MoveToPrevious, and MoveToFirst are not applicable. These methods always return false and do not change the position of the XPathNavigator. Rather, you can call MoveToNextNamespace to move to the next namespace node.

After the XPathNavigator is positioned on a namespace node, you can call MoveToParent to move back to the element node.

For a definition of namespace nodes, see section 5.4 of the W3C XML Path Language (XPath) recommendation.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1

See also