Interface documentation not acessible from interface implementation class

Question

Can I somehow instruct visual studio to automatically copy any interface member XML documentation to its implementation class?

According to this MSDN How-To updated for this exact effect just 2 months ago, one is supposed to. But I can't replicate this behavior in any way. Also looking at the xml file in that article, there's in fact no entry for the interface implementation.

Answer 1

I use submain GhostDoc - it's a free visual studio plugin which automatically documents code blocks, either by copying from base class / interface documentation, or intelligently trying to guess the documentation (which is surprisingly effective). I couldn't develop without it these days.

Answer 2

You can use Sandcastle Help File Builder
it has <inheritdoc/> which allows you to inherit documentation from base types.

Answer 3

As far as I know, VS itself cannot do this. Our VSdocman automatically inherits comments from base and implemented types when it generates documentation. Moreover, it can explicitly add the inherited comment into source code.