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XElement Constructor (XElement)

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Initializes a new instance of the XElement class from another XElement object.

Namespace: System.Xml.Linq
Assembly: System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)

'Declaration
Public Sub New ( _
	other As XElement _
)

Parameters

other: Type: System.Xml.Linq.XElement
An XElement object to copy from.

Remarks

This constructor makes a deep copy of an element.

Examples

The following example creates an XML tree, creates a clone of the tree, and then calls DeepEquals, which tests whether the two XML trees are equal.


Dim output As New StringBuilder
Dim xmlTree As XElement = _
        <Root Att1="1">
            <Child1>1</Child1>
            <Child2>2</Child2>
        </Root>

' Create a clone of the tree.
Dim treeClone As XElement = New XElement(xmlTree)

output.Append(String.Format("xmlTree = treeClone: {0}", XNode.DeepEquals(xmlTree, treeClone)))
output.Append(Environment.NewLine)
' Do some work with xmlTree, perhaps pass it to other methods.
xmlTree.Add(New XElement("Child3", 3))

output.Append(String.Format("xmlTree = treeClone: {0}", XNode.DeepEquals(xmlTree, treeClone)))
output.Append(Environment.NewLine)

OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString()