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XElement::AncestorsAndSelf Method (XName^)

 

Returns a filtered collection of elements that contain this element, and the ancestors of this element. Only elements that have a matching XName are included in the collection.

Namespace:   System.Xml.Linq
Assembly:  System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)

public:
IEnumerable<XElement^>^ AncestorsAndSelf(
	XName^ name
)

Parameters

name
Type: System.Xml.Linq::XName^

The XName to match.

Return Value

Type: System.Collections.Generic::IEnumerable<XElement^>^

An IEnumerable<T> of XElement that contain this element, and the ancestors of this element. Only elements that have a matching XName are included in the collection.

The elements in the returned collection are in reverse document order.

This method uses deferred execution.

The following example uses this .

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

This example produces the following output:


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Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
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Available since 3.5
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Supported in: portable .NET platforms
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