I’m looking for a quick and easy method to check if a given string is a valid xpath. Does anybody know if something like this exists?
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I’m looking for a quick and easy method to check if a given string is a valid xpath. Does anybody know if something like this exists?
You could try to compile it into a XPathExpression. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.xpath.xpathexpression.aspx
The nice side-benefit is that, if it works, you have a compiled expression that you can just execute.