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The Root property returns the top-level XElement

    

Imports System
Imports System.Xml.Linq
    Public Class MainClass
        Public Shared Sub Main()
            Dim xmlDoc As XDocument = XDocument.Load("Employees.xml")
            Console.WriteLine("The document declaration is '{0}'", xmlDoc.Declaration.ToString)
            Console.WriteLine("The root element is '{0}'", xmlDoc.Root.Name.LocalName)
        End Sub

    End Class

   
    
    
    
  








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