Extensions.Nodes(Of T) Method (IEnumerable(Of T))
.NET Framework (current version)
Returns a collection of the child nodes of every document and element in the source collection.
Assembly: System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)
<ExtensionAttribute> Public Shared Function Nodes(Of T As XContainer) ( source As IEnumerable(Of T) ) As IEnumerable(Of XNode)
Parameters
- source
-
Type:
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(Of T)
An IEnumerable(Of T) of XNode that contains the source collection.
Return Value
Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(Of XNode)An IEnumerable(Of T) of XNode of the child nodes of every document and element in the source collection.
Type Parameters
- T
The type of the objects in source, constrained to XContainer.
This method uses deferred execution.
The following example retrieves all of the child nodes for every node in a collection of elements with the name of Child.
Dim xmlTree As XElement = _
<Root>
<Child>aaa<GrandChild>Text</GrandChild>bbb</Child>
<Child>ccc<GrandChild>Text</GrandChild>ddd</Child>
</Root>
Dim nodes = xmlTree.<Child>.Nodes()
' Note that XNode uses XmlNodeType, which is in the System.Xml namespace.
For Each node As XNode In nodes
Select Case node.NodeType
Case XmlNodeType.Element
Console.WriteLine("Element: {0}", DirectCast(node, XElement).Name)
Case XmlNodeType.Text
Console.WriteLine("Text: {0}", DirectCast(node, XText).Value)
End Select
Next
This example produces the following output:
Text: aaa Element: GrandChild Text: bbb Text: ccc Element: GrandChild Text: ddd
Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 3.5
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 3.5
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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