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

There's a couple answers with extension methods that have been deleted. Not sure why. Here's my version that works for my needs.

public static class XElementExtensions
{
    public static XElement ElementByLocalName(this XElement element, string localName)
    {
        return element.Descendants().FirstOrDefault(e => e.Name.LocalName == localName && !e.IsEmpty);
    }
}

The IsEmpty is to filter out nodes with x:nil="true"

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