XElement.DescendantNodesAndSelf Method ()
.NET Framework (current version)
Returns a collection of nodes that contain this element, and all descendant nodes of this element, in document order.
Assembly: System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)
Return Value
Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<XNode>An IEnumerable<T> of XNode that contain this element, and all descendant nodes of this element, in document order.
This method uses deferred execution.
The following example creates an XML tree, and then uses this .
XElement xmlTree = new XElement("Root",
// Attributes are not nodes, so will not be returned by DescendantNodesAndSelf.
new XAttribute("Att1", "AttributeContent"),
new XElement("Child",
new XText("Some text"),
new XElement("GrandChild", "element content")
)
);
IEnumerable<XNode> dnas =
from node in xmlTree.DescendantNodesAndSelf()
select node;
foreach (XNode node in dnas)
{
if (node is XElement)
Console.WriteLine((node as XElement).Name);
else
Console.WriteLine(node);
}
This example produces the following output:
Root
Child
Some text
GrandChild
element content
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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