<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"> <title>Doxygen manual: XML Commands</title> <link href="doxygen.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <link href="tabs.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> </head><body> <!-- Generated by Doxygen 1.5.5 --> <div class="contents"> <h1><a class="anchor" name="xmlcmds">XML Commands </a></h1>Doxygen supports most of the XML commands that are typically used in C# code comments. The XML tags are defined in Appendix E of the <a href="http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-334.htm">ECMA-334</a> standard, which defines the C# language. Unfortunately, the specification is not very precise and a number of the examples given are of poor quality.<p> Here is the list of tags supported by doxygen:<p> <ul> <li> <code><c></code> Identifies inline text that should be rendered as a piece of code. Similar to using <code><tt></code>text<code></tt></code>. </li> <li> <code><code></code> Set one or more lines of source code or program output. Note that this command behaves like <code>\code ... \endcode</code> for C# code, but it behaves like the HTML equivalent <code><code>...</code></code> for other languages. </li> <li> <code><description></code> Part of a <code><list></code> command, describes an item. </li> <li> <code><example></code> Marks a block of text as an example, ignored by doxygen. </li> <li> <code><exception cref="member"></code> Identifies the exception a method can throw. </li> <li> <code><include></code> Can be used to import a piece of XML from an external file. Ignored by doxygen at the moment. </li> <li> <code><item></code> List item. Can only be used inside a <code><list></code> context. </li> <li> <code><list type="type"></code> Starts a list, supported types are <code>bullet</code> or <code>number</code> and <code>table</code>. A list consists of a number of <code><item></code> tags. A list of type table, is a two column table which can have a header. </li> <li> <code><listheader></code> Starts the header of a list of type "table". </li> <li> <code><para></code> Identifies a paragraph of text. </li> <li> <code><param name="paramName"></code> Marks a piece of text as the documentation for parameter "paramName". Similar to using <a class="el" href="commands.html#cmdparam">\param</a>. </li> <li> <code><paramref name="paramName"></code> Refers to a parameter with name "paramName". Similar to using <a class="el" href="commands.html#cmda">\a</a>. </li> <li> <code><permission></code> Identifies the security accessibility of a member. Ignored by doygen. </li> <li> <code><remarks></code> Identifies the detailed description. </li> <li> <code><returns></code> Marks a piece of text as the return value of a function or method. Similar to using <a class="el" href="commands.html#cmdreturn">\return</a>. </li> <li> <code><see cref="member"></code> Refers to a member. Similar to <a class="el" href="commands.html#cmdref">\ref</a>. </li> <li> <code><seealso cref="member"></code> Starts a "See also" section referring to "member". Similar to using <a class="el" href="commands.html#cmdsa">\sa</a> member. </li> <li> <code><summary></code> Identifies the brief description. Similar to using <a class="el" href="commands.html#cmdbrief">\brief</a>. </li> <li> <code><term></code> Part of a <code><list></code> command. </li> <li> <code><typeparam name="paramName"></code> Marks a piece of text as the documentation for type parameter "paramName". Similar to using <a class="el" href="commands.html#cmdparam">\param</a>. </li> <li> <code><typeparamref name="paramName"></code> Refers to a parameter with name "paramName". Similar to using <a class="el" href="commands.html#cmda">\a</a>. </li> <li> <code><value></code> Identifies a property. Ignored by doxygen. </li> </ul> <p> Here is an example of a typical piece of code using some of the above commands:<p> <div class="fragment"><pre class="fragment"><span class="comment">/// <summary></span> <span class="comment"></span><span class="comment">/// A search engine.</span> <span class="comment"></span><span class="comment">/// </summary></span> <span class="comment"></span><span class="keyword">class </span>Engine {<span class="comment"></span> <span class="comment"> /// <summary></span> <span class="comment"> /// The Search method takes a series of parameters to specify the search criterion</span> <span class="comment"> /// and returns a dataset containing the result set.</span> <span class="comment"> /// </summary></span> <span class="comment"> /// <param name="connectionString">the connection string to connect to the</span> <span class="comment"> /// database holding the content to search</param></span> <span class="comment"> /// <param name="maxRows">The maximum number of rows to</span> <span class="comment"> /// return in the result set</param></span> <span class="comment"> /// <param name="searchString">The text that we are searching for</param></span> <span class="comment"> /// <returns>A DataSet instance containing the matching rows. It contains a maximum</span> <span class="comment"> /// number of rows specified by the maxRows parameter</returns></span> <span class="comment"></span> <span class="keyword">public</span> DataSet Search(<span class="keywordtype">string</span> connectionString, <span class="keywordtype">int</span> maxRows, <span class="keywordtype">int</span> searchString) { DataSet ds = <span class="keyword">new</span> DataSet(); <span class="keywordflow">return</span> ds; } } </pre></div> </div> <hr size="1"><address style="text-align: right;"><small>Generated on Mon Feb 18 10:26:56 2008 for Doxygen manual by <a href="http://www.doxygen.org/index.html"> <img src="doxygen.png" alt="doxygen" align="middle" border="0"></a> 1.5.5 </small></address> </body> </html>