Is an element empty : XElement : XML LINQ C# Source Code

Is an element empty

    
 
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("Is FirstName tag empty? {0}", firstName.IsEmpty ? "Yes" : "No");
        XElement idEmployee = xml.Descendants("idperson").First();
        Console.WriteLine("Is idperson tag empty? {0}", idEmployee.IsEmpty ? "Yes" : "No");
    }
}

 
    
   
  
   

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