Use ToString Method on an Element to get XML Tree in String
using System; using System.Linq; using System.Xml.Linq; using System.Collections.Generic; class Program//w ww . j a v a 2s . co m { static void Main(string[] args){ XElement name = new XElement("Name", "Joe"); Console.WriteLine(name.ToString()); name = new XElement("Person", new XElement("FirstName", "Joe"), new XElement("LastName", "Ruby")); Console.WriteLine(name); } }