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Fri, Nov 27 2009 16:20

Grouping with LINQ to XML

One of the major improvements in XSLT 2.0 is grouping where the xsl:for-each-group element supports four different grouping ways with group-by, group-starting-with, group-ending-with and group-adjacent. Unfortunately Microsoft does not support XSLT 2...
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Mon, Jun 1 2009 6:32

Exploiting covariance with LINQ to XML

In my last post I showed how the new contravariance feature in .NET 4.0/Visual Studio 2010 for type parameters of generic interfaces makes coding with LINQ to XML easier and more straightforward. In this post I will show how the covariance of the type...
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Sun, May 31 2009 6:35

Exploiting contravariance with LINQ to XML

Covariance and contravariance for generic interfaces are new features in C# and VB.NET in Visual Studio 2010 respectively the .NET framework 4.0. Generic interfaces like IEnumerable<T> or IEqualityComparer<T> in the .NET framework 4.0 use...
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Thu, May 21 2009 9:21

What is new in System.Xml in .NET 4.0/Visual Studio 2010

Beta 1 of the .NET framework 4.0 and of Visual Studio 2010 has been released a few days ago. Although the "What's new" document does not list any new features in System.Xml or LINQ to XML I am browsing through the documentation to find new...
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