# C1.LiveLinq.Indexing.IndexDefinition-1.Root

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<h1 id="C1_LiveLinq_Indexing_IndexDefinition_1_Root_" data-uid="C1.LiveLinq.Indexing.IndexDefinition`1.Root*">Root Property
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets the root index in an index/subindex hierarchy.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public IndexDefinition&lt;T&gt; Root { get; }</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public ReadOnly Property Root As IndexDefinition(Of T)</code></pre>
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<h5 class="propertyValue">Property Value</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="C1.LiveLinq.Indexing.IndexDefinition-1.html">IndexDefinition</a>&lt;T&gt;</td>
      <td><p>For a subindex, this is an <a class="xref" href="C1.LiveLinq.Indexing.Index-1.html">Index&lt;T&gt;</a> to which the subindex belongs (maybe indirectly,
through several levels of parent subindexes).
For an index, this is always the same object as the index itself.</p>
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