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Class DynamicContext

Provides the evaluation context for fast execution and custom variables resolution.

Inheritance

System.Object

System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager

System.Xml.Xsl.XsltContext

Namespace: Umbraco.Cms.Core.Xml

Assembly: Umbraco.Core.dll

Syntax

public class DynamicContext : XsltContext, IEnumerable, IXmlNamespaceResolver

Remarks

This class is responsible for resolving variables during dynamic expression execution.

Discussed in http://weblogs.asp.net/cazzu/archive/2003/10/07/30888.aspx

Author: Daniel Cazzulino, blog

Constructors

DynamicContext()

Initializes a new instance of the DynamicContext class.

Declaration

public DynamicContext()

DynamicContext(NameTable)

Initializes a new instance of the DynamicContext class with the specified System.Xml.NameTable.

Declaration

public DynamicContext(NameTable table)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Xml.NameTable	table	The NameTable to use.

DynamicContext(XmlNamespaceManager)

Initializes a new instance of the DynamicContext class.

Declaration

public DynamicContext(XmlNamespaceManager context)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager	context	A previously filled context with the namespaces to use.

DynamicContext(XmlNamespaceManager, NameTable)

Initializes a new instance of the DynamicContext class.

Declaration

public DynamicContext(XmlNamespaceManager context, NameTable table)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager	context	A previously filled context with the namespaces to use.
System.Xml.NameTable	table	The NameTable to use.

Properties

Whitespace

Same as System.Xml.Xsl.XsltContext.

Declaration

public override bool Whitespace { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Methods

AddVariable(String, Object)

Adds the variable to the dynamic evaluation context.

Declaration

public void AddVariable(string name, object value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	name	The name of the variable to add to the context.
System.Object	value	The value of the variable to add to the context.

Remarks

Value type conversion for XPath evaluation is as follows:

CLR Type	XPath type
System.String	XPathResultType.String
System.Double (or types that can be converted to)	XPathResultType.Number
System.Boolean	XPathResultType.Boolean
System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator	XPathResultType.Navigator
System.Xml.XPath.XPathNodeIterator	XPathResultType.NodeSet
Others	XPathResultType.Any

note

See the topic "Compile, Select, Evaluate, and Matches with XPath and XPathExpressions" in MSDN documentation for additional information.

CompareDocument(String, String)

Implementation equal to System.Xml.Xsl.XsltContext.

Declaration

public override int CompareDocument(string baseUri, string nextbaseUri)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	baseUri
System.String	nextbaseUri

Returns

Type	Description
System.Int32

Compile(String)

Shortcut method that compiles an expression using an empty navigator.

Declaration

public static XPathExpression Compile(string xpath)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	xpath	The expression to compile

Returns

Type	Description
System.Xml.XPath.XPathExpression	A compiled System.Xml.XPath.XPathExpression.

LookupNamespace(String)

Same as System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager.

Declaration

public override string LookupNamespace(string prefix)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	prefix

Returns

Type	Description
System.String

LookupPrefix(String)

Same as System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager.

Declaration

public override string LookupPrefix(string uri)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	uri

Returns

Type	Description
System.String

PreserveWhitespace(XPathNavigator)

Same as System.Xml.Xsl.XsltContext.

Declaration

public override bool PreserveWhitespace(XPathNavigator node)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator	node

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

ResolveFunction(String, String, XPathResultType[])

See System.Xml.Xsl.XsltContext. Not used in our implementation.

Declaration

public override IXsltContextFunction ResolveFunction(string prefix, string name, XPathResultType[] argTypes)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	prefix
System.String	name
System.Xml.XPath.XPathResultType[]	argTypes

Returns

Type	Description
System.Xml.Xsl.IXsltContextFunction

ResolveVariable(String, String)

Resolves the dynamic variables added to the context. See System.Xml.Xsl.XsltContext.

Declaration

public override IXsltContextVariable ResolveVariable(string prefix, string name)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	prefix
System.String	name

Returns

Type	Description
System.Xml.Xsl.IXsltContextVariable