Create XPathDocument from XmlElement

Question

I'm using a webservice which returns an XmlElement object to my c# program. I would like to read information from the XmlElement using Xpath. What is the best way to create an XPathDocument from the XmlElement?

Answer 1

You can create a navigator directly against the XmlElement and use your xpath from there with the navigators Select* methods, no XPathDocument required.

Answer 2

If you have an XmlElement, can you not just use SelectNodes() / SelectSingleNode()?

Also, all XmlNodes are IXPathNavigable, allowing you to get a navigator.

Finally, you can use new XmlNodeReader(element), and use this to create an XPathDocument using the overload that accepts an XmlReader.