Get all Descendants by name in CSharp
Description
The following code shows how to get all Descendants by name.
Example
using System;//from w w w . j a v a 2 s. com
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 XElement("FirstName", "A"),
new XElement("LastName", "B")),
new XElement("Book",
new XAttribute("type", "Author"),
new XElement("FirstName", "C"),
new XElement("LastName", "D"))));
Console.WriteLine(xDocument);
IEnumerable<XElement> elements = xDocument.Descendants("Book");
foreach (XElement element in elements) {
Console.WriteLine("Element: {0} : value = {1}",element.Name, element.Value);
}
}
}