---
title: "Using XPath to find objects in your object model"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/27/using-xpath-to-find-objects-in-your-object-model.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/27/using-xpath-to-find-objects-in-your-object-model.html"
published: "2003-07-27T09:07:00"
updated: "2003-07-27T09:07:00"
tags: [".Net Quotations"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Sean Gerety points to an MSDN article on how to query over object models using ObjectXPathNavigator . very interesting. I'll just point out to this fine article by Dino Esposito, regarding implementation of the exact…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# Using XPath to find objects in your object model

By Roy Osherove July 27, 2003 In [.Net Quotations](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-quotations)

**Historical article** · Originally published July 27, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

[Sean Gerety points](http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/metablog/posts/516.aspx) to an MSDN article on how to [query over object models using ObjectXPathNavigator](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnexxml/html/xml03172003.asp). very interesting.

I'll just point out to this fine article by Dino Esposito, regarding implementation of the exact same thing, only from a different angle :

["Implementing XmlReader Classes for Non-XML Data Structures and Formats"](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/custxmlread.asp)

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