Cannot read xml with namespace

Question

I can read an XML doc using LINQ when there is no namespace in the root but retrieve nothing when it is present.

The code is used to step through the document:

foreach (XElement element in doc.Descendants("Level1").Elements("Level2"))

I also tried to get the namespace

var ns = doc.Root.Name.Namespace
foreach (XElement element in doc.Descendants(ns + "Level1").Elements("Level2"))

The document is set out as

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Root xmlns="xmlns://www.example.com/schema/root" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="1.11" xsi:type="FVDL">
<Level1>
<Level2>
etc

Can anyone point our where I am going wrong :)

Thanks

Pawel · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-08 21:23:29Z

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Level2 is in the same namespace as the Root and the Level1 elements (the descendant elements inherit namespaces defined with the xmlns attribute until the namespace is redefined) so you need to use ns + in both cases i.e.:

doc.Descendants(ns + "Level1").Elements(ns + "Level2"))

answered Sep 8, 2013 at 21:23

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spanout Over a year ago

Brilliant... I had wrongly assumed that once in the namespace at the root, then the child items would be picked up. Thank you

Shreya · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-09 06:27:47Z

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You can get the default namespace of the root as follows:

var ns = doc.Root.GetDefaultNamespace();

answered Sep 9, 2013 at 6:27

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Sergey Berezovskiy Over a year ago

Nice comment, but that should not be posted as answer

Shreya Over a year ago

Well, I think this is the answer of the point where user have tried to get the namespace of the given xml, that's why I have posted it as answer

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