VB.Net 2.0

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  Private Function GetPreviousMonthsXml(ByVal months As Integer, ByVal startDate As Date, ByVal xDoc As XmlDocument, ByVal path As String, ByVal nodeName As String) As XmlDocument
    ' build xpath string with list of months to return
    Dim xp As New StringBuilder("//")
    xp.Append(nodeName)
    xp.Append("[")
    For i As Integer = 0 To (months - 1)
      ' get year and month portion of date for datestring
      xp.Append("starts-with(@Id, '")
      xp.Append(startDate.AddMonths(-i).ToString("yyyy-MM"))
      If i < (months - 1) Then
        xp.Append("') or ")
      Else
        xp.Append("')]")
      End If
    Next

' *** This is the block that needs to be refactored ***
    ' import nodelist into an xmldocument
    Dim xnl As XmlNodeList = xDoc.SelectNodes(xp.ToString())
    Dim returnXDoc As New XmlDocument(xDoc.NameTable)
    returnXDoc = xDoc.Clone()
    Dim nodeParents As XmlNodeList = returnXDoc.SelectNodes(path)
    For Each nodeParent As XmlNode In nodeParents
      For Each nodeToDelete As XmlNode In nodeParent.SelectNodes(nodeName)
        nodeParent.RemoveChild(nodeToDelete)
      Next
    Next

    For Each node As XmlNode In xnl
      Dim newNode As XmlNode = returnXDoc.ImportNode(node, True)
      returnXDoc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("//" & node.ParentNode.Name & "[@Id='" & newNode.Attributes("Id").Value.Split("-")(0) & "']").AppendChild(newNode)
    Next

' *** end ***
    Return returnXDoc
  End Function