Public Function Descendants As IEnumerable(Of XElement)

Dim instance As XContainer
Dim returnValue As IEnumerable(Of XElement)

returnValue = instance.Descendants()

public IEnumerable<XElement> Descendants()

public:
IEnumerable<XElement^>^ Descendants()

public function Descendants() : IEnumerable<XElement>

XElement xmlTree = new XElement("Root",
    new XAttribute("Att1", "AttributeContent"),
    new XElement("Child",
        new XText("Some text"),
        new XElement("GrandChild", "element content")
    )
);
IEnumerable<XElement> de =
    from el in xmlTree.Descendants()
    select el;
foreach (XElement el in de)
    Console.WriteLine(el.Name);

' Attributes are not nodes, so will not be returned by DescendantNodes.
Dim xmlTree As XElement = _
    <Root Att1="AttributeContent">
        <Child>Some text
            <GrandChild>element content</GrandChild>
        </Child>
    </Root>
Dim de = From el In xmlTree.Descendants _
         Select el

For Each el In de
    Console.WriteLine(el.Name)
Next

Child
GrandChild