XmlPeek Task

Returns values as specified by XPath Query from an XML file.

Parameters

The following table describes the parameters of the XmlPeek task.

Parameter

Description

Namespaces

Optional String parameter.

Specifies the namespaces for the XPath query prefixes.

Query

Optional String parameter.

Specifies the XPath query.

Result

Optional ITaskItem[] output parameter.

Contains the results that are returned by this task.

XmlContent

Optional String parameter.

Specifies the XML input as a string.

XmlInputPath

Optional ITaskItem parameter.

Specifies the XML input as a file path.

Remarks

In addition to having the parameters that are listed in the table, this task inherits parameters from the TaskExtension class, which itself inherits from the Task class. For a list of these additional parameters and their descriptions, see TaskExtension Base Class.

See Also

Concepts

MSBuild Tasks

Other Resources

MSBuild Task Reference