Archives
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LINQ to XML in Depth (3) Manipulating XML
Besides creating and querying XML, LINQ to XML also provides APIs for other XML manipulations, including cloning, deleting, replacing, and updating XML structures:
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LINQ to XML in Depth (2) Query Methods (Operators)
As fore mentioned, LINQ to XML is just a specialized LINQ to Objects, so all the LINQ to Objects query methods can be used in LINQ to XML queries. LINQ to XML provides many function members and other methods for XML tree navigation, ordering, XPath querying, etc. The following list shows these functions and their return types:
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LINQ to XML in Depth (1) Modeling XML
XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is widely used to represent, store, and transfer data. Since .NET 3.5, the built in LINQ to XML APIs are provided to enable LINQ queries for XML data source. These APIs are located in System.Xml.XDocument NuGet package for .NET Core, and System.Xml.Linq.dll for .NET Framework. LINQ to XML can be viewed as specialized LINQ to Objects, where the objects in memory represents XML structures.