Use Linq to Xml with Xml namespaces

Question

I have this code :

/*string theXml =
@\"

        

Answer 1

I have several namespaces listed at the top of an XML document, I don't really care about which elements are from which namespace. I just want to get the elements by their names. I've written this extension method.

    /// 

    /// A list of XElement descendent elements with the supplied local name (ignoring any namespace), or null if the element is not found.
    /// 
    public static IEnumerable FindDescendants(this XElement likeThis, string elementName) {
        var result = likeThis.Descendants().Where(ele=>ele.Name.LocalName==elementName);
        return result;
    }