XPath and Selecting a single node

Question

I\'m using XPath in .NET to parse an XML document, along the lines of:

XmlNodeList lotsOStuff = doc.SelectNodes(\"//stuff\         


        

Answer 1

Selecting single node means you need only the first element. So, the best solution is:

XmlNode stuffChild = stuff.SelectSingleNode("descendant::stuffChild[1]");