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System.Xml.XmlDocument.GetElementsByTagName Method

Returns a node list which contains descendant elements of this document which match the specified name.

public virtual XmlNodeList GetElementsByTagName (string name)

Parameters

name
Name of the target elements to find.

Returns

System.Xml.XmlNodeList that contains the resulting elements.

Remarks

It searches such descendant element nodes of this document whose name matches the argument, and returns the list of the matching nodes as an System.Xml.XmlNodeList.

If name is "*", then it indicates to match all of the elements.

Note that it searches the entire descendants, not limited to the children. Also note that it returns only element nodes.

Requirements

Namespace: System.Xml
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0