Has elements and has attributes : Descendants : XML LINQ C# Source Code

    
 
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Data.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Xml.Linq;

class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {
        XElement xml = XElement.Load("Employee.xml");
        XElement firstName = xml.Descendants("firstname").First();
        Console.WriteLine("FirstName tag has attributes: {0}", firstName.HasAttributes);
        Console.WriteLine("FirstName tag has child elements: {0}", firstName.HasElements);
        Console.WriteLine("FirstName tag's parent has attributes: {0}", firstName.Parent.HasAttributes);
        Console.WriteLine("FirstName tag's parent has child elements: {0}", firstName.Parent.HasElements);
    }
}