XPathDocument document = new XPathDocument("contosoBooks.xml");
XPathNavigator navigator = document.CreateNavigator();

navigator.MoveToChild("bookstore", "http://www.contoso.com/books");
navigator.MoveToChild("book", "http://www.contoso.com/books");

// Select all the descendant nodes of the book node.
XPathNodeIterator bookDescendants = navigator.SelectDescendants("", "http://www.contoso.com/books", false);

// Display the LocalName of each descendant node.
Console.WriteLine("Descendant nodes of the book node:");
while (bookDescendants.MoveNext())
{
    Console.WriteLine(bookDescendants.Current.Name);
}

// Select all the child nodes of the book node.
XPathNodeIterator bookChildren = navigator.SelectChildren("", "http://www.contoso.com/books");

// Display the LocalName of each child node.
Console.WriteLine("\nChild nodes of the book node:");
while (bookChildren.MoveNext())
{
    Console.WriteLine(bookChildren.Current.Name);
}

// Select all the ancestor nodes of the title node.
navigator.MoveToChild("title", "http://www.contoso.com/books");

XPathNodeIterator bookAncestors = navigator.SelectAncestors("", "http://www.contoso.com/books", false);

// Display the LocalName of each ancestor node.
Console.WriteLine("\nAncestor nodes of the title node:");

while (bookAncestors.MoveNext())
{
    Console.WriteLine(bookAncestors.Current.Name);
}