XElement.Load Method

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Creates a new XElement from a file specified by a URI, from an TextReader, or from an XmlReader.

This member is overloaded. For complete information about this member, including syntax, usage, and examples, click a name in the overload list.

Overload List

	Name	Description
	Load(Stream)	Creates a new XElement instance using the specified stream.
	Load(String)	Loads an XElement from a file located in the applications' XAP package.
	Load(TextReader)	Loads an XElement from a TextReader.
	Load(XmlReader)	Loads an XElement from an XmlReader.
	Load(Stream, LoadOptions)	Creates a new XElement instance using the specified stream, optionally preserving white space, setting the base URI, and retaining line information.
	Load(String, LoadOptions)	Loads an XElement from a file located in the application's XAP package, optionally preserving white space, setting the base URI, and retaining line information.
	Load(TextReader, LoadOptions)	Loads an XElement from a TextReader, optionally preserving white space and retaining line information.
	Load(XmlReader, LoadOptions)	Loads an XElement from an XmlReader, optionally preserving white space, setting the base URI, and retaining line information.

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Remarks

You can use one of the overloads of this method to load an XElement from a file, a TextReader, or an XmlReader.

To create an XElement from a string that contains XML, use Parse.

See Also

Reference

XElement Class

System.Xml.Linq Namespace

XDocument.Load

XElement.Parse

Other Resources

Processing XML Data with LINQ to XML (Silverlight)