Public Function Nodes As IEnumerable(Of XNode)

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

returnValue = instance.Nodes()

public IEnumerable<XNode> Nodes()

public:
IEnumerable<XNode^>^ Nodes()

public function Nodes() : IEnumerable<XNode>

XElement xmlTree = new XElement("Root",
    new XElement("Child1", 1),
    new XElement("Child2", 2),
    new XComment("a comment"),
    new XElement("Child3", 3),
    new XElement("Child4", 4),
    new XText("mixed content"),
    new XElement("Child5", 5)
);
IEnumerable<XNode> nodes =
    from nd in xmlTree.Nodes()
    select nd;
foreach (XNode node in nodes)
    Console.WriteLine(node);

Dim xmlTree As XElement = _ 
        <Root>
            <Child1>1</Child1>
            <Child2>2</Child2>
            <!--a comment-->
            <Child3>3</Child3>
            <Child4>4</Child4>mixed content<Child5>5</Child5>
            </Root>

Dim nodes = From nd In xmlTree.Nodes() _
            Select nd

For Each node In nodes
    Console.WriteLine(node)
Next

<Child1>1</Child1>
<Child2>2</Child2>
<!--a comment-->
<Child3>3</Child3>
<Child4>4</Child4>
mixed content
<Child5>5</Child5>

XDocument xmlTree = new XDocument(
    new XComment("a comment"),
    new XProcessingInstruction("xml-stylesheet", "type=\"text/xsl\" href=\"hello.xsl\""),
    new XElement("Root",
        new XAttribute("Att", "attContent"),
        new XElement("Child1",
            new XCData("CDATA content")
        ),
        new XElement("Child2",
            new XText("Text content")
        )
    )
);

foreach (XNode node in xmlTree.Nodes())
{
    Console.WriteLine(node.NodeType);
    if (node.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
    {
        foreach (XAttribute att in ((XElement)node).Attributes())
            Console.WriteLine(att.NodeType);
        foreach (XNode node2 in ((XElement)node).Nodes())
        {
            Console.WriteLine(node2.NodeType);
            if (node2.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
                foreach (XNode node3 in ((XElement)node2).Nodes())
                    Console.WriteLine(node3.NodeType);
        }
    }
}

Dim xmlTree As XDocument = _ 
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <!--a comment-->
    <?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='hello.xsl'?>
    <Root Att="attContent">
        <Child1><![CDATA[CDATA content]]></Child1>
        <Child2>Text content</Child2>
    </Root>

' Note that XNode uses XmlNodeType, which is in the System.Xml namespace
For Each node In xmlTree.Nodes
    Console.WriteLine(node.NodeType.ToString())
    If node.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Element Then
        For Each att In DirectCast(node, XElement).Attributes
            Console.WriteLine(att.NodeType.ToString())
        Next
        For Each node2 In DirectCast (node, XElement).Nodes()
            Console.WriteLine(node2.NodeType.ToString())
            If node2.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Element Then
                For Each node3 In DirectCast (node2, XElement).Nodes
                    Console.WriteLine(node3.NodeType.ToString())
                Next
            End If
        Next
    End If
Next

Comment
ProcessingInstruction
Element
Attribute
Element
CDATA
Element
Text