How to get first item from XmlSchema.Elements

Question

I have XmlSchema object. Which has Elements property. I need a first element from it. I cant figure how to get it not writing foreach/break (which would look stupid). Is there a nice way?

EDIT: the only way I found is : getenumerator/movenext/value;

EDIT2: one of the ways is to cast XmlSchema.Elements.Values (ICollection) to a meaningful type to use with Linq. The problem is that I cant find that type. The GetType gives me name: "System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaObjectTable+ValuesCollection"

I dont see this type in the ObjectExplorer and I cant cast to it..

Please answer if you have working solution rather than just throwing in whatever comes to your head. Thanks.

Answer 1

Use linq on the Names or Values of the elements, depending on what you need

Eg,

var v = yourObject.Elements.Names.OfType<XmlQualifiedName>().FirstOrDefault();
var w = yourObject.Elements.Values.OfType<XmlSchemaElement>().FirstOrDefault();

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Edited: Added OfType<> to get an ICollection<> instead of an ICollection so that it is possible to use FirstOrDefault

Note: I verified this solution on the example XmlSchema from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.schema.xmlschema%28v=vs.110%29.aspx , if your element names or values have a different type you'll need to change that in the OfType<>