Extensions.Attributes Method (IEnumerable<XElement>, XName)

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<XAttribute>
An IEnumerable<T> of XAttribute that contains a filtered collection of the attributes of every element in the source collection. Only elements that have a matching XName are included in the collection.

Dim output As New StringBuilder
Dim xmlTree As XElement = _
    <Root Att1="content1" Att2="content2">
        <Child1 Att1="content3" Att2="content4">
        </Child1>
        <Child2 Att1="content5" Att2="content6">
        </Child2>
    </Root>

Dim attList = From att In xmlTree.Elements.Attributes("Att1") _
                          Select att

For Each att As XAttribute In attList
    output.Append(att)
    output.Append(Environment.NewLine)
Next


OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString()

StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
XElement xmlTree = new XElement("Root",
    new XAttribute("Att1", "content1"),
    new XAttribute("Att2", "content2"),
    new XElement("Child1",
        new XAttribute("Att1", "content3"),
        new XAttribute("Att2", "content4")
    ),
    new XElement("Child2",
        new XAttribute("Att1", "content5"),
        new XAttribute("Att2", "content6")
    )
);

IEnumerable<XAttribute> attList = from att in xmlTree.Elements().Attributes("Att1")
                                  select att;

foreach (XAttribute att in attList)
    output.Append(att + Environment.NewLine);

OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString();