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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.

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  Name Description
Public methodStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Load(Stream) Creates a new XElement instance using the specified stream.
Public methodStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Load(String) Loads an XElement from a file located in the applications' XAP package.
Public methodStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Load(TextReader) Loads an XElement from a TextReader.
Public methodStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Load(XmlReader) Loads an XElement from an XmlReader.
Public methodStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Load(Stream, LoadOptions) Creates a new XElement instance using the specified stream, optionally preserving white space, setting the base URI, and retaining line information.
Public methodStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 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.
Public methodStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Load(TextReader, LoadOptions) Loads an XElement from a TextReader, optionally preserving white space and retaining line information.
Public methodStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 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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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.