Extensions.DescendantsAndSelf Method (IEnumerable<XElement>, XName)
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Returns a filtered collection of elements that contains every element in the source collection, and the descendents of every element in the source collection. Only elements that have a matching XName are included in the collection.
Assembly: System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)
public static IEnumerable<XElement> DescendantsAndSelf( this IEnumerable<XElement> source, XName name )
Parameters
- source
- Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<XElement>
An IEnumerable<T> of XElement that contains the source collection.
- name
- Type: System.Xml.Linq.XName
The XName to match.
Return Value
Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<XElement>An IEnumerable<T> of XElement that contains every element in the source collection, and the descendents of every element in the source collection. Only elements that have a matching XName are included in the collection.
Usage Note
In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IEnumerable<XElement>. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter.| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | source is null. |
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