OracleXmlType Instance Methods

The OracleXmlType instance methods are listed in Table 7-27.

Table 7-27 OracleXmlType Instance Methods

Methods Description

Clone

Creates a copy of the OracleXmlType instance

Dispose

Releases the resources allocated by this OracleXmlType object

Equals

Inherited from System.Object

Extract

Extracts a subset from the XML data using the given XPath expression (Overloaded)

GetHashCode

Inherited from System.Object

GetStream

Returns an instance of OracleXmlStream which provides a read-only stream of the XML data stored in this OracleXmlType instance

GetType

Inherited from System.Object

GetXmlDocument

Returns a XmlDocument object containing the XML data stored in this OracleXmlType instance

GetXmlReader

Returns a XmlTextReader object that can be used to manipulate XML data directly using the .NET Framework classes and methods

IsExists

Checks for the existence of a particular set of nodes identified by the given XPath expression in the XMLdata (Overloaded)

ToString

Inherited from System.Object

Transform

Transforms the OracleXmlType into another OracleXmlType instance using the given XSL document (Overloaded)

Update

Updates the XML node or fragment identified by the given XPath expression in the current OracleXmlType instance (Overloaded)

Validate

Validates whether or not the XML data in the OracleXmlType object conforms to the given XML schema.