XPathNavigator.LocalName Property gets Name of the current node without namespace prefix.
Imports System
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.XPath
Public Class MainClass
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim document As XPathDocument = New XPathDocument("books.xml")
Dim navigator As XPathNavigator = document.CreateNavigator()
Dim nodeset As XPathNodeIterator = navigator.Select("descendant::book[author/last-name='Melville']")
While nodeset.MoveNext()
RecursiveWalk(nodeset.Current.Clone())
End While
End Sub
Shared Sub RecursiveWalk(ByVal navigator As XPathNavigator)
Select Case navigator.NodeType
Case XPathNodeType.Element
If navigator.Prefix = String.Empty Then
Console.WriteLine("<{0}>", navigator.LocalName)
Else
Console.Write("<{0}:{1}>", navigator.Prefix, navigator.LocalName)
Console.WriteLine(vbTab + navigator.NamespaceURI)
End If
Case XPathNodeType.Text
Console.WriteLine(vbTab + navigator.Value)
End Select
If navigator.MoveToFirstChild() Then
Do
RecursiveWalk(navigator)
Loop While (navigator.MoveToNext())
navigator.MoveToParent()
If (navigator.NodeType = XPathNodeType.Element) Then
Console.WriteLine("</{0}>", navigator.Name)
End If
Else
If navigator.NodeType = XPathNodeType.Element Then
Console.WriteLine("</{0}>", navigator.Name)
End If
End If
End Sub
End Class