Question

I have this xml-file:

<objects>
  <object> 
    <value>test</value>
  </object>
  <object> 
    <value>foo</value>
  </object>
  <object> 
    <value>bar</value>
  </object>      
</objects>

Now, I want to query this xml, and retrieve all the object-elements where the text in the value-element = “foo”

Is there a easy way of doing this?

I have tried something like this:

var objects = from e in xml.Elements("value")
              where e.Value.Equals("foo", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
              select e.parent;

That does not work..

Answer 1

I think you’re looking for

xml.Descendants("value")

xml.Elements() just returns child elements… if xml is your root XDocument, it wouldn’t return anything.