John A Grandy wrote:

> In 2.0 what is the fastest way to iterate through an element set in a
> read-only forward-only XMLDocument ?

"Martin Honnen" <mahotrash@yahoo.de> wrote in message
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> John A Grandy wrote:
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>> In 2.0 what is the fastest way to iterate through an element set in a
>> read-only forward-only XMLDocument ?
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> Create an XmlReader and read out the nodes you are looking for. That
> assumes you have an XML document in a file or stream. If you already have
> a DOM XmlDocument instance then using XPath is an option.
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> Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
> http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

John A Grandy wrote:

> Unless your xml schema is simplistic, I think an XPathReader is typically
> necessary ... no ?

>>>In 2.0 what is the fastest way to iterate through an element set in a
>>>read-only forward-only XMLDocument ?

"Martin Honnen" <mahotrash@yahoo.de> wrote in message
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> John A Grandy wrote:
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>> Unless your xml schema is simplistic, I think an XPathReader is typically
>> necessary ... no ?
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> You asked the following:
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>>>>In 2.0 what is the fastest way to iterate through an element set in a
>>>>read-only forward-only XMLDocument ?
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> For read-only forward-only fastest reading an XmlReader is the tool.
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> Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
> http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

John A Grandy wrote:

> Right, but what if the element set you wish to iterate through is buried in
> a complex XML hierarchy ...