Extensions.DescendantNodes(T)
Imports System
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.XPath
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Public Class MainClass
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim xmlTree As XElement = _
<Root>
<Child>aaa<GrandChild anAttribute='xyz'>Text</GrandChild>
<!--a comment-->
<?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='test.xsl'?>
</Child>
<Child>ccc<GrandChild>Text</GrandChild>ddd</Child>
</Root>
Dim nodes As IEnumerable(Of XNode) = _
From node In xmlTree.<Child>.DescendantNodes _
Select node
For Each node As XNode In nodes
Select Case node.NodeType
Case XmlNodeType.Element
Console.WriteLine("Element: {0}", DirectCast(node, XElement).Name)
Case XmlNodeType.Text
Console.WriteLine("Text: {0}", DirectCast(node, XText).Value)
Case XmlNodeType.Comment
Console.WriteLine("Comment: {0}", DirectCast(node, XComment).Value)
Case XmlNodeType.ProcessingInstruction
Console.WriteLine("PI: {0}", DirectCast(node, XProcessingInstruction).Data)
End Select
Next
End Sub
End Class