XElement.DescendantNodesAndSelf Method

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.

Dim output As New StringBuilder
Dim xmlTree As XElement = _
    <Root Att1="AttributeContent">
        <Child>Some text<GrandChild>element content</GrandChild>
        </Child>
    </Root>

Dim dnas As IEnumerable(Of XNode) = _
    From node In xmlTree.DescendantNodesAndSelf() _
    Select node


For Each node In dnas
    If TypeOf node Is XElement Then
        output.Append(DirectCast(node, XElement).Name)
        output.Append(Environment.NewLine)
    Else
        output.Append(node)
        output.Append(Environment.NewLine)
    End If
Next


OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString()

StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
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)
        output.Append((node as XElement).Name + Environment.NewLine);
    else
        output.Append(node + Environment.NewLine);
}

OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString();