XPathCompiler.Compile Method 

Compile an expression supplied as a String.

Parameters

source

A string containing the source text of the XPath expression

Return Value

An XPathExecutable which represents the compiled xpath expression object. The XPathExecutable may be run as many times as required, in the same or a different thread. The XPathExecutable is not affected by any changes made to the XPathCompiler once it has been compiled.

Remarks

Using this method the XPath processor is provided with a string of Unicode characters, so no decoding is necessary. Any encoding information present in the version declaration is therefore ignored.

Example

            XPathExecutable q = compiler.Compile("distinct-values(//*/node-name()");
            

See Also

XPathCompiler Class | Saxon.Api Namespace