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); } }