/descendant::*XML:
<?xml version="1.0"> <AAA> <BBB> <DDD> <CCC> <DDD/> <EEE/> </CCC> </DDD> </BBB> <CCC> <DDD> <EEE> <DDD> <FFF/> </DDD> </EEE> </DDD> </CCC> </AAA>
XPath Expression: Select all descendants of /AAA/BBB
/AAA/BBB/descendant::*XML:
<?xml version="1.0"> <AAA> <BBB> <DDD> <CCC> <DDD/> <EEE/> </CCC> </DDD> </BBB> <CCC> <DDD> <EEE> <DDD> <FFF/> </DDD> </EEE> </DDD> </CCC> </AAA>
XPath Expression: Select all elements which have CCC among its ancestors
//CCC/descendant::*XML:
<?xml version="1.0"> <AAA> <BBB> <DDD> <CCC> <DDD/> <EEE/> </CCC> </DDD> </BBB> <CCC> <DDD> <EEE> <DDD> <FFF/> </DDD> </EEE> </DDD> </CCC> </AAA>
XPath Expression: Select elements DDD which have CCC among its ancestors
//CCC/descendant::DDDXML:
<?xml version="1.0"> <AAA> <BBB> <DDD> <CCC> <DDD/> <EEE/> </CCC> </DDD> </BBB> <CCC> <DDD> <EEE> <DDD> <FFF/> </DDD> </EEE> </DDD> </CCC> </AAA>C# code:
// BasicSyntax - /xpath/basicsyntax.cs // Copyright 2003 by Johannes Roith using System; using System.Xml.XPath; class BasicSyntax { static void Main() { } }