XNode.NodesBeforeSelf, méthode

public IEnumerable<XNode> NodesBeforeSelf()

XElement xmlTree = new XElement("Root",
    new XText("Text content."),
    new XElement("Child1", "child1 content"),
    new XElement("Child2", "child2 content"),
    new XText("More text content."),
    new XElement("child3", "child3 content")
);
XElement child = xmlTree.Element("Child2");
IEnumerable<XNode> nodes =
    from node in child.NodesBeforeSelf()
    select node;
foreach (XNode node in nodes)
    Console.WriteLine("Node type: {0}  {1}",
        node.NodeType,
        node.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Text ? (node as XText).Value : "");

Node type: Text  Text content.
Node type: Element