Is possible to get the comments of an assembly through Reflection?

Question

I would like to know if there is a way to access comments on a class through Reflection or if they are completely stripped from the binaries.

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 04 '11 at 11:16

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No. Comments are stripped by the compiler - they're not present in the binaries, so there's no way to get them back.

answered Mar 04 '11 at 11:16

RichieHindle

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 04 '11 at 11:17

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Comments are ignored when code is compiled.

This means you can't get them "back" as they were never there in the first place.

answered Mar 04 '11 at 11:17

ChrisF

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 04 '11 at 11:49

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Comments are ignored when code get complied by compiler.

But you can pass information in the Attributes by creating your own user defined attribute class.

edited Mar 04 '11 at 11:49

RichieHindle

answered Mar 04 '11 at 11:21

Pranay Rana

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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Comments are not available from the binaries, but they are via XML. See this SO answer.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

Community

answered Jun 22 '12 at 09:53

Muckle Beats

Thanks, but I was talking about deployed files. – Ignacio Soler Garcia Jun 22 '12 at 13:18

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