An Extensive Examination of LINQ: Querying and Searching XML Documents Using LINQ to XML

<p><a is an increasingly popular way to encode documents, data, and electronic messages. Over the years Microsoft has offered a variety of libraries to facilitate creating, modifying, querying, and searching XML documents. <a to XML</i></a> is a relatively new set of XML-related classes in the .NET Framework (found in the <a namespace</a>), which enable developers to work with XML documents using features, syntax, and semantics. As discussed in an earlier article, <a LINQ to XML</a>, LINQ to XML is a simpler and easier to use API than previous libraries. Because LINQ to XML can utilize <a syntax</a> and assortment of <a query operators</a>, LINQ to XML code is usually very terse and readable. </p><p> This article continues our look at LINQ to XML. Specifically, we explore how to query XML documents using axis methods as well as how to search and filter XML documents using both <code>Where</code> method and <a expressions</a>. Read on to learn more! </p><p><i>Note: If you have not yet read <a LINQ to XML</a> please do so before reading this article...</i><br /><a More &gt;</a></p>

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