Calling the Only DescendantNodes Prototype
using System; using System.Linq; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Xml; using System.Xml.Linq; public class MainClass { public static void Main() { XDocument xDocument = new XDocument( new XElement("Books", new XElement("Book", new XAttribute("type", "Author"), new XComment("This is a new author."), new XElement("FirstName", "A"), new XElement("LastName", "B")), new XElement("Book", new XAttribute("type", "Author"), new XElement("FirstName", "C"), new XElement("LastName", "D")))); IEnumerable<XElement> elements = xDocument.Element("Books").Elements("Book"); foreach (XElement element in elements) { Console.WriteLine("Source element: {0} : value = {1}", element.Name, element.Value); } foreach (XNode node in elements.DescendantNodes()) { Console.WriteLine("Descendant node: {0}", node); } } }