AutoDocumentation

Installation

To install AutoDocumentation, you can either browse the Package Manager or run the following command in the Package Manager Console :

PM> Install-Package BetaSoftware.AutoDocumentation

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Usage

To start using AutoDocumentation, simply call the GenerateDocumentation method of the AutoDocumentation class with the project assembly :

var assembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(pathToDll); // Load the assembly.
BetaSoftware.AutoDocumentation.GenerateDocumentation(assembly);

To include all private and internal types in the generated documentation, call the GenerateDocumentation method with false as the second parameter :

var assembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(pathToDll); // Load the assembly.
BetaSoftware.AutoDocumentation.GenerateDocumentation(assembly, false);

Settings attributes

You can customize the content that will appear in your generated documentation with the AutoDocumentation attributes :

AutoDocumentationIgnore

Add to exclude a type from documentation generation :

[AutoDocumentationIgnore]
public class IgnoredClass {
    ...
}

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Examples : Interface documentation

namespace DemoLibrary {

    public interface IFormattable {

        string FormatInformations();

    }

}

DemoLibrary.IFormattable

Methods :

public abstract String FormatInformations()

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Examples : Class documentation

namespace DemoLibrary {

    public class Employee : IFormattable {

        public int Id;
        public string Name;
        public Address Address;
        public Department Department;

        public Employee(int pId, string pName, 
        Address address, Department department) {...}

        public string FormatInformations() {...}

    }

}

DemoLibrary.Employee : IFormattable

Fields :

public Int32 Id
public String Name
public Address Address
public Department Department

Constructors :

public Employee(Int32 pId, String pName, Address pAddress, Department pDepartment)

Methods :

public String FormatInformations()

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Examples : Struct documentation

namespace DemoLibrary {

    public struct Address {

        public int DoorNumber;
        public string StreetName;
        public string City;
        public string PostalCode;

    }

}

DemoLibrary.Address

Fields :

public Int32 DoorNumber
public String StreetName
public String City
public String PostalCode

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Examples : Enum documentation

namespace DemoLibrary {

    public enum Department {

        Sales,
        Marketing,
        HumanResources

    }

}

DemoLibrary.Department

Values :

0 : Sales,
1 : Marketing,
2 : HumanResources

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