How do I find a XML node by path in Linq-to-XML

Question

If I get the path to a specific node as a string can I somehow easily find said node by using Linq/Method of the XElement ( or XDocument ).

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Answer 1

Try using the XPathSelectElement extension method of XElement. You can pass the method an XPath expression to evaluate. For example:

XElement myElement = rootElement.XPathSelectElement("//Book[@ISBN='22542']");

Edit:

In reply to your edit, check your XPath expression. If your document only contains that small snippet then /Product/Name will work as the leading slash performs a search from the root of the document:

XElement element = document.XPathSelectElement("/Product/Name");

If there are other products and is not the root node you'll need to modify the XPath you're using.