Csharp/C Sharp/XML LINQ/DescendantNodesAndSelf

Calling the First DescendantsAndSelf Prototype

<source lang="csharp"> 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 (XElement element in elements.DescendantsAndSelf()) {
           Console.WriteLine("Descendant element: {0}", element);
       }
   }

}

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Calling the Only DescendantNodesAndSelf Prototype

<source lang="csharp"> 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.DescendantNodesAndSelf()) {
           Console.WriteLine("Descendant node: {0}", node);
       }
   }

}

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Calling the Second DescendantsAndSelf Prototype

<source lang="csharp"> 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 (XElement element in elements.DescendantsAndSelf("LastName")) {
           Console.WriteLine("Descendant element: {0}", element);
       }
   }

}

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