XElement.DescendantsAndSelf Method
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Returns a collection of elements that contain this element, and all descendant elements of this element, in document order.
Assembly: System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)
Return Value
Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(Of XElement)An IEnumerable(Of T) of XElement of elements that contain this element, and all descendant elements of this element, in document order.
The following example creates an XML tree, and then uses this axis method.
Dim output As New StringBuilder Dim xmlTree As XElement = _ <Root Att1="AttributeContent"> <Child>Some text <GrandChild>element content</GrandChild> </Child> </Root> Dim das As IEnumerable(Of XElement) = _ From el In xmlTree.DescendantsAndSelf() _ Select el For Each el In das output.Append(el.Name) output.Append(Environment.NewLine) Next OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString()
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