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title: "Difference between XElement and XDocument"  
description: "Difference between XElement and XDocument"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-07-26  
updated: 2020-09-19  
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# Difference between XElement and XDocument

Both are the classes defined by System.Xml.Linq namespace \
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XElement class represents an XML fragment \
XDocument class represents an entire XML document with all associated meta-data.\

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

Both are the classes defined by System.Xml.Linq namespace \
\
XElement class represents an XML fragment \
XDocument class represents an entire XML document with all associated meta-data.\


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