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Member of System.Xml.Linq

Meaning in Life

XAttribute

Represents an XML attribute on a given XML element

XComment

Represents an XML comment

XDeclaration

Represents the opening declaration of an XML document

XDocument

Represents the entirety of an XML document

XElement

Represents a given element within an XML document

XName/XNamespace

Provide a very simple manner to define and reference XML

namespaces

To begin our investigation of these (and other) types, create a new Console Application named

LinqToXmlBasics and import the System.Xml.Linq namespace in your initial code file.

Programmatically Creating XML Documents

Unlike the original .NET XML programming model (à la System.Xml.dll), manipulating an XML

document using LINQ can be achieved in a 

functional manner. Thus, rather than building a docu-

ment in memory using the very verbose DOM API, LINQ to XML allows you to do go “DOM free” if

you so choose.

Not only does this greatly reduce the amount of required code, but the programming model

maps almost directly to the format of well-formed XML data. To illustrate, add a method to your

Program class named CreateFunctionalXmlElement(), implemented as follows:

static void CreateFunctionalXmlElement()

{