2 // System.Xml.XPath.XPathExpression
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31 using System.Collections;
35 using NSResolver = System.Xml.IXmlNamespaceResolver;
37 namespace System.Xml.XPath
39 public abstract class XPathExpression
43 internal XPathExpression ()
51 public abstract string Expression { get; }
53 public abstract XPathResultType ReturnType { get; }
59 public abstract void AddSort (object expr, IComparer comparer);
61 public abstract void AddSort (
64 XmlCaseOrder caseOrder,
69 public abstract XPathExpression Clone ();
71 public abstract void SetContext (XmlNamespaceManager nsManager);
73 public static XPathExpression Compile (string xpath)
75 return Compile (xpath, null, null);
78 public static XPathExpression Compile (string xpath, NSResolver nsResolver)
80 return Compile (xpath, nsResolver, null);
83 internal static XPathExpression Compile (string xpath,
84 NSResolver nsResolver, IStaticXsltContext ctx)
86 XPathParser parser = new XPathParser (ctx);
87 CompiledExpression x = new CompiledExpression (xpath, parser.Compile (xpath));
88 x.SetContext (nsResolver);
92 public abstract void SetContext (IXmlNamespaceResolver nsResolver);