Search XDocument using LINQ without knowing the namespace

Question

Is there a way to search an XDocument without knowing the namespace? I have a process that logs all SOAP requests and encrypts the sensitive data. I want to find any elemen

Answer 1

As Adam precises in the comment, XName are convertible to a string, but that string requires the namespace when there is one. That's why the comparison of .Name to a string fails, or why you can't pass "Person" as a parameter to the XLinq Method to filter on their name.
XName consists of a prefix (the Namespace) and a LocalName. The local name is what you want to query on if you are ignoring namespaces.
Thank you Adam :)

You can't put the Name of the node as a parameter of the .Descendants() method, but you can query that way :

var doc= XElement.Parse(
@"

  
    
        83838
        Tom
        Jackson
    
    
        789875
        Chris
        Smith
    
   
   
");

EDIT : bad copy/past from my test :)

var persons = from p in doc.Descendants()
              where p.Name.LocalName == "Person"
              select p;

foreach (var p in persons)
{
    Console.WriteLine(p);
}

That works for me...