XElement.AncestorsAndSelf Method

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Returns a collection of elements that contain this element, and the ancestors of this element.

This member is overloaded. For complete information about this member, including syntax, usage, and examples, click a name in the overload list.

Overload List

	Name	Description
	AncestorsAndSelf()	Returns a collection of elements that contain this element, and the ancestors of this element.
	AncestorsAndSelf(XName)	Returns a filtered collection of elements that contain this element, and the ancestors of this element. Only elements that have a matching XName are included in the collection.

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Remarks

The elements in the returned collection are in reverse document order.

This method uses deferred execution.

See Also

Reference

XElement Class

System.Xml.Linq Namespace

Ancestors

Other Resources

Processing XML Data with LINQ to XML (Silverlight)