# C1.LiveLinq.LiveViews.Xml.XmlExtensions.Root

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<h1 id="C1_LiveLinq_LiveViews_Xml_XmlExtensions_Root_" data-uid="C1.LiveLinq.LiveViews.Xml.XmlExtensions.Root*">Root Method
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<h4 id="C1_LiveLinq_LiveViews_Xml_XmlExtensions_Root_C1_LiveLinq_LiveViews_View_System_Xml_Linq_XDocument__" data-uid="C1.LiveLinq.LiveViews.Xml.XmlExtensions.Root(C1.LiveLinq.LiveViews.View{System.Xml.Linq.XDocument})">Root(View&lt;XDocument&gt;)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets the view for the root element of the XML tree for this document.</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; Root(this View&lt;XDocument&gt; documentView)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Shared Function Root(documentView As View(Of XDocument)) As View(Of XElement)</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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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.xdocument">XDocument</a>&gt;</td>
      <td><span class="parametername">documentView</span></td>
      <td><p>The view representing this XML document.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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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 a single element, the root of the XML tree.</p>
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