Reason (XPathError property)

<section begin=dpl_desc/>XPathErrorReason enumeration value indicating the type of error causing the exception<section end=dpl_desc/>

Reason is a member of the XPathError class.

Syntax

%reason = %XPathErr:Reason

Syntax terms

%reason	This XPathErrorReason enumeration value describes the reason for the translation failure.
%XPathErr	An XPathError object.

Usage Notes

• An XPathErrorReason enumeration may have one of the following values:

  SyntaxError

  A violation of the syntax of an XPath expression.

  EmptyResult

  There are no nodes matched by the XPath expression, and the method requires at least one matching node.

• As with all enumerations, you use the ToString method to convert an enumeration value to a character string whose value is the name of the enumeration value.