<typeparamref> (C# Programming Guide)

<typeparamref name="name"/>

Parameters

  • name
    The name of the type parameter. Enclose the name in double quotation marks (" ").

Remarks

For more information on type parameters in generic types and methods, see Generics.

Use this tag to enable consumers of the documentation file to format the word in some distinct way, for example in italics.

Compile with /doc to process documentation comments to a file.

Example

// compile with: /doc:DocFileName.xml 

/// comment for class
public class TestClass
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Creates a new array of arbitrary type <typeparamref name="T"/>
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The element type of the array</typeparam>
    public static T[] mkArray<T>(int n)
    {
        return new T[n];
    }
}

See Also

Reference

Recommended Tags for Documentation Comments (C# Programming Guide)

Concepts

C# Programming Guide