XLinq
.NET Language
Integrated Query
for XML Data
May
2006
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction........................................................................................................................... 1
1.1
Sample XML...................................................................................................................... 1
2.
Programming XML with XLinq.............................................................................................. 3
2.1
XLinq Design Principles....................................................................................................... 3
2.1.1 Key Concepts............................................................................................................... 3
2.1.1.1 Functional
Construction........................................................................................... 3
2.1.1.2 Document
"Free".................................................................................................... 4
2.1.1.3 XML Names.......................................................................................................... 6
2.1.1.4 Text as value.......................................................................................................... 6
2.2
The XLinq Class Hierarchy.................................................................................................. 7
2.3
XML Names....................................................................................................................... 8
2.3.1.1 XML Prefixes
and Output........................................................................................ 9
