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<Type Name="IXPathNavigable" FullName="System.Xml.XPath.IXPathNavigable">
  <TypeSignature Maintainer="auto" Language="C#" Value="public interface IXPathNavigable" />
  <TypeSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".class public interface auto ansi abstract IXPathNavigable" />
  <AssemblyInfo>
    <AssemblyName>System.Xml</AssemblyName>
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    <AssemblyVersion>1.0.5000.0</AssemblyVersion>
    <AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
    <AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
  </AssemblyInfo>
  <ThreadSafetyStatement>Thread safety depends on the implementation.</ThreadSafetyStatement>
  <Interfaces />
  <Docs>
    <remarks>This interface provides the way to create XPathNavigator instance.  Two XPathNavigable implementation are available in System.XML.dll: XPathDocument and XmlDocument. See <see cref="T:System.Xml.XPath.XPathDocument" /> for the detailed differences of those implementations.</remarks>
    <summary>
      <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
      <para>Provides an accessor to the <see cref="T:System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator" /> class.</para>
    </summary>
  </Docs>
  <Members>
    <Member MemberName="CreateNavigator">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator CreateNavigator ();" />
      <MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig newslot virtual instance class System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator CreateNavigator() cil managed" />
      <MemberType>Method</MemberType>
      <AssemblyInfo>
        <AssemblyVersion>1.0.5000.0</AssemblyVersion>
        <AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
        <AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
      </AssemblyInfo>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters />
      <Docs>
        <remarks>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>If the <see cref="M:System.Xml.XPath.IXPathNavigable.CreateNavigator" /> method is called from an <see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlNode" /> object, the <see cref="T:System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator" /> object is initially positioned on the node from which the method was called. If the <see cref="M:System.Xml.XPath.IXPathNavigable.CreateNavigator" /> method is called from an <see cref="T:System.Xml.XPath.XPathDocument" /> object or an <see cref="T:System.Xml.XmlDocument" /> object, the <see cref="T:System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator" /> object is positioned on the root of the document.</para>
        </remarks>
        <summary>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>Returns a new <see cref="T:System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator" /> object. </para>
        </summary>
        <returns>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>An <see cref="T:System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator" /> object.</para>
        </returns>
      </Docs>
    </Member>
  </Members>
</Type>