XElement.DescendantsAndSelf Method (XName)

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 all descendant elements of this element, in document order. Only elements that have a matching XName are included in the collection.

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) = xmlTree.DescendantsAndSelf("Child")

For Each el In das
    output.Append(el.Name)
    output.Append(Environment.NewLine)
Next


OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString()

StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
XElement xmlTree = new XElement("Root",
    new XAttribute("Att1", "AttributeContent"),
    new XElement("Child",
        new XText("Some text"),
        new XElement("GrandChild", "element content")
    )
);
IEnumerable<XElement> das = xmlTree.DescendantsAndSelf("Child");
foreach (XElement el in das)
    output.Append(el.Name + Environment.NewLine);

OutputTextBlock.Text = output.ToString();