Root Property
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XDocument.Root Property

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Gets the root element of the XML Tree for this document.

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

public XElement Root { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Xml.Linq.XElement
The root XElement of the XML tree.

This property is useful when you want to compose LINQ to XML queries in the same context as when composing them for a tree rooted in XElement. For more information, see Querying an XDocument vs. Querying an XElement in the .NET Framework documentation.

The following example uses this property to get the root element of a document.


StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
XDocument doc = new XDocument(
    new XComment("This is a comment."),
    new XElement("Pubs",
        new XElement("Book",
            new XElement("Title", "Artifacts of Roman Civilization"),
            new XElement("Author", "Moreno, Jordao")
        ),
        new XElement("Book",
            new XElement("Title", "Midieval Tools and Implements"),
            new XElement("Author", "Gazit, Inbar")
        )
    ),
    new XComment("This is another comment.")
);
output.Append(doc.Root.Name.ToString() + Environment.NewLine);

OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString();


Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

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