# C1.LiveLinq.LiveViews.Xml.XmlExtensions.Descendants

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<h1 id="C1_LiveLinq_LiveViews_Xml_XmlExtensions_Descendants_" data-uid="C1.LiveLinq.LiveViews.Xml.XmlExtensions.Descendants*">Descendants Method
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<h4 id="C1_LiveLinq_LiveViews_Xml_XmlExtensions_Descendants__1_C1_LiveLinq_LiveViews_View___0__" data-uid="C1.LiveLinq.LiveViews.Xml.XmlExtensions.Descendants``1(C1.LiveLinq.LiveViews.View{``0})">Descendants&lt;T&gt;(View&lt;T&gt;)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Returns a view representing the collection of elements that contains the descendent elements of every
element and document in the source view.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public static View&lt;XElement&gt; Descendants&lt;T&gt;(this View&lt;T&gt; view) where T : XContainer</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Shared Function Descendants(Of T As XContainer)(view As View(Of T)) As View(Of XElement)</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <th>Name</th>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="C1.LiveLinq.LiveViews.View-1.html">View</a>&lt;T&gt;</td>
      <td><span class="parametername">view</span></td>
      <td><p>The source view.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <th>Type</th>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="C1.LiveLinq.LiveViews.View-1.html">View</a>&lt;<a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.xml.linq.xelement">XElement</a>&gt;</td>
      <td><p>A view containing every descendent element of every element and document in the source view.</p>
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<h5 class="typeParameters">Type Parameters</h5>
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      <th>Name</th>
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      <td><span class="parametername">T</span></td>
      <td><p>The type of the objects in the source <i>view</i>, constrained to <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.xml.linq.xcontainer">XContainer</a>.</p>
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<h4 id="C1_LiveLinq_LiveViews_Xml_XmlExtensions_Descendants__1_C1_LiveLinq_LiveViews_View___0__System_Xml_Linq_XName_" data-uid="C1.LiveLinq.LiveViews.Xml.XmlExtensions.Descendants``1(C1.LiveLinq.LiveViews.View{``0},System.Xml.Linq.XName)">Descendants&lt;T&gt;(View&lt;T&gt;, XName)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Returns a view representing a filtered collection of elements
that contains the descendent elements of every element and document in the source view.
Only elements that have a matching <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.xml.linq.xname">XName</a> are included.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public static View&lt;XElement&gt; Descendants&lt;T&gt;(this View&lt;T&gt; view, XName name) where T : XContainer</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Shared Function Descendants(Of T As XContainer)(view As View(Of T), name As XName) As View(Of XElement)</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <th>Type</th>
      <th>Name</th>
      <th>Description</th>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="C1.LiveLinq.LiveViews.View-1.html">View</a>&lt;T&gt;</td>
      <td><span class="parametername">view</span></td>
      <td><p>The source view.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.xml.linq.xname">XName</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">name</span></td>
      <td><p>The <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.xml.linq.xname">XName</a> to match.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <th>Type</th>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="C1.LiveLinq.LiveViews.View-1.html">View</a>&lt;<a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.xml.linq.xelement">XElement</a>&gt;</td>
      <td><p>A view containing descendants of elements and documents in the source view.
Only elements that have a matching <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.xml.linq.xname">XName</a> are included.</p>
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<h5 class="typeParameters">Type Parameters</h5>
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      <th>Name</th>
      <th>Description</th>
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      <td><span class="parametername">T</span></td>
      <td><p>The type of the objects in the source <i>view</i>, constrained to <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.xml.linq.xcontainer">XContainer</a>.</p>
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