"Vinayak Kamat" <kgvinayak@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I've an 'Employee' class. In my program this object is manipulated,
> children (List<T>) added, properties modified etc. Everytime this
> happens I want to be able to show some relevent html to the user. So I
> use XSLTransform. This Employee class is basically an XML serializable
> class produced out of an XML file when the program loads for the first
> time. Later on, if I've to show the modifications done to this object,
> I don't want to go back to save this object into the file, then load it
> to XMLdocument object and then use XSLTransform on it. This is tedious,
> nasty and inefficient (as per MS experts).
>
> So comes to the rescue - XPathNavigator. I am supposed to implement
> this abstract class in my Employee class and provide implementations
> for 20 odd properties and methods. So when I am ready with this
> Xpathnavigable employee class, I just need to pass this to Xsltransform
> and whoosh. I am done with the display.
>
> I referred to the objectXpathnavigator on MSDN
> (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconxpathnavigatoroverdifferentstores.asp),
> and FileSystemNavigator, AssemblyNavigator and RegistryNavigator by
> Aaron over here.
> (http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/09/xml/)
> While the former is buggy (Especially with XSLTransform) and unusable,
> Aaron's navigators are complex and hard to follow/replicate. I even
> downloaded them and tried to study them. They look complex.
>
> I am looking for some real help in this regard to implement
> XPathNavigator on top of my class. Is there a step by step guide on how
> to achieve this in the most easiest and intuitive way. I am using
> List<PrevEmployer> in my Employee class as well.
> Isn't there a much better easier way of achieving this? in .Net 2.0?
>
> Your help is much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vin
>

Vinayak Kamat wrote:

> I've an 'Employee' class. In my program this object is manipulated,
> children (List<T>) added, properties modified etc. Everytime this
> happens I want to be able to show some relevent html to the user. So I
> use XSLTransform.