How do I read the summary out of an XML file

Question

I want to get the comments of the xml file for the .dll file.

I am building an proxy class creator (reads an .dll (by Reflection) with interfaces in it --> implements interfaces) and now I thought it would be nice to have the headers of the methods and parameters of the interfaces, but I don't know how.

Thank you for your Answers and pardon my bad english and poor coding knowledge.

possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6277966/reading-xml-comments-in-c-sharp — Reinder Wit, Mar 07 '14 at 09:31
This library might be useful: https://github.com/clariuslabs/NuDoc — Matthew Watson, Mar 07 '14 at 09:33
@Bio42 "comments" is a little misleading since you are trying to read the documentation xml. — Filburt, Mar 07 '14 at 09:43
have you tried [Sandcastle Help File Builder](https://shfb.codeplex.com/)? it can generate you help files from your xml comments — Jehof, Mar 07 '14 at 10:58

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 19 '14 at 07:23

I found a Solution:

   private static void ReadTheSummarys()
    {
      XmlReader xmlReader = XmlReader.Create("Test.xml");
      bool isSummary = false;
      while (xmlReader.Read())
    {
    //checks if the current node is a summaray
    if (xmlReader.Name == "summary")
    {
      isSummary = true;
      continue;
    }

    if (isSummary)
    {
      //Replace and trim for pure Comments without spaces and linefeeds
      string summary = xmlReader.Value.Trim().Replace("\n", string.Empty);
      if (summary != string.Empty)
      {
        //Writes the pure comment for checking
        Console.WriteLine(summary);           
      }
    isSummary = false;
    }

    }

    }

How do I read the summary out of an XML file

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