Exercise 3-14 (Hello, world with XML Documentation)

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Exercise 3-14     TCS, p. 86

Exercise 14. Take the program in Exercise 3-1 and add comment documentation to it. Extract this comment documentation and view it with your Web browser.

CONTENTS:     Hello.cs     Hello.xml

Hello.cs

///<summary>Main (and only) class of the greeting program</summary>
///<remarks>The first program anyone is supposed to write
///when starting to learn a new programming language</remarks>
public class Hello
{
///<summary>Entry point to the program</summary>
///<remarks>Prints a greeting message, <pre>Hello, world!</pre>
///</remarks>
public static void Main()
{
System.Console.WriteLine("Hello, world!");
}
}
/*
mcs Hello.cs
mono Hello.exe
Hello, world!

mcs -doc:Hello.xml Hello.cs
*/

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Hello.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<doc>
<assembly>
<name>Hello</name>
</assembly>
<members>
<member name="T:Hello">
<summary>Main (and only) class of the greeting program</summary>
<remarks>The first program anyone is supposed to write
when starting to learn a new programming language</remarks>
</member>
<member name="M:Hello.Main">
<summary>Entry point to the program</summary>
<remarks>Prints a greeting message, <pre>Hello, world!</pre>
</remarks>
</member>
</members>
</doc>

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