XDocument.Load Method

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Creates a new XDocument from a file specified by a URI, from an TextReader, or from an XmlReader.

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
	Load(Stream)	Creates a new XDocument instance using the specified stream.
	Load(String)	Creates a new XDocument from a file located in the application's XAP package.
	Load(TextReader)	Creates a new XDocument from a TextReader.
	Load(XmlReader)	Creates a new XDocument from an XmlReader.
	Load(Stream, LoadOptions)	Creates a new XDocument instance using the specified stream, optionally preserving white space, setting the base URI, and retaining line information.
	Load(String, LoadOptions)	Creates a new XDocument from a file located in the application's XAP package, optionally preserving white space, setting the base URI, and retaining line information.
	Load(TextReader, LoadOptions)	Creates a new XDocument from a TextReader, optionally preserving white space, setting the base URI, and retaining line information.
	Load(XmlReader, LoadOptions)	Creates a new XDocument from an XmlReader, optionally setting the base URI, and retaining line information.

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Remarks

Using one of the overloads of this method, you can load an XDocument from a file, a TextReader, or an XmlReader.

To create an XDocument from a string that contains XML, use Parse.

See Also

Reference

XDocument Class

System.Xml.Linq Namespace

Parse

Save

WriteTo

Other Resources

Processing XML Data with LINQ to XML (Silverlight)