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// <copyright file="XmlNodeList.cs" company="Microsoft">
//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
// </copyright>                                                                
// <owner current="true" primary="true">[....]</owner>
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namespace System.Xml {
    using System.Collections;

    // Represents an ordered collection of nodes.
    public abstract class XmlNodeList: IEnumerable, IDisposable {

        // Retrieves a node at the given index.
        public abstract XmlNode Item(int index);

        // Gets the number of nodes in this XmlNodeList.
        public abstract int Count { get;}

        // Provides a simple ForEach-style iteration over the collection of nodes in
        // this XmlNodeList.
        public abstract IEnumerator GetEnumerator();

        // Retrieves a node at the given index.
        [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.IndexerName ("ItemOf")]
        public virtual XmlNode this[int i] { get { return Item(i);}}

        void IDisposable.Dispose()
        {
            PrivateDisposeNodeList();
        }

        protected virtual void PrivateDisposeNodeList() { }
    }
}