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Pushes the value indicated by an XPath statement.

Syntax

  
<wcf:Operation Name="XPath">  
  <wcf:Argument>//po:POID</wcf:Argument>  
</wcf:Operation>

Parameters

Valid XPath statement.

Pushed Value

String value of the result found by executing the XPath statement.

Remarks

You must use a valid XPath statement.

In the case of multiple matches, only the first match is used.

Example

The following example expression constructs a correlation value by concatenating a constant "C_" with the purchase order ID from the current message. The purchase order ID is retrieved by using the XPath operation.

<ic:CorrelationID>  
  <ic:Expression>  
    <ic:Operation Name="Constant">  
      <ic:Argument>C_</ic:Argument>  
    </ic:Operation>  
    <wcf:Operation Name="XPath">  
      <wcf:Argument>//po:POID</wcf:Argument>  
    </wcf:Operation>  
    <ic:Operation Name="Concatenate" />  
  </ic:Expression>  
</ic:CorrelationID>

See Also

Operations in Windows Communication Foundation