Murach's ADO.NET 3.5, LINQ,
and the Entity Framework with VB 2008

How to use LINQ to XML

This chapter shows you how to use LINQ to XML for all types of XML data handling. As you'll see, LINQ to XML provides a simpler approach to working with XML data than traditional methods.

Chapter 16 How to use LINQ to XML
An introduction to LINQ to XML 512
The basic structure of an XML document 512
The LINQ to XML object model 514
An introduction to programming with LINQ to XML 516
How to work with existing XML data 518
How to load XML data from a file 518
How to use axis properties to work with XML 520
How to use axis methods to work with XML 522
How to query a single XML collection 524
How to join data from two or more XML collections 526
How to create and work with XML trees 528
How to create an XML tree 528
How to embed expressions in XML literals 530
How to add elements and attributes to an XML tree 532
How to modify documents, elements, and attributes in an XML tree 534
How to remove elements and attributes from an XML tree 536
How to transform an XML tree 538
How to save XML data to a file 540
Visual Studio features for working with XML 542
How to generate an XML schema 542
How to use XML IntelliSense 544

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