7.5.6 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.

See Also:

• "Oracle.DataAccess.Types and Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.Types Namespaces"

• OracleXmlType Class

• OracleXmlType Members