[Solved] Comment xml elements programmatically

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Introduction

Solution


You can do it easily with XDocument

var xDocument = XDocument.Parse(@"<configuration>
                                    <property>
                                      <name>name</name>
                                      <value>dinesh</value>
                                    </property>
                                    <property>
                                      <name>city</name>
                                      <value>Delhi</value>
                                    </property>
                                </configuration>");

var firstPropertyElement = xDocument
    .Descendants("property")
    .First();//Find your element
var xComment = new XComment(firstPropertyElement.ToString());//Create comment
firstPropertyElement.ReplaceWith(xComment);//Replace the element with comment 
Console.WriteLine(xDocument);

Which outputs:

<configuration>
  <!--<property>
  <name>name</name>
  <value>dinesh</value>
</property>-->
  <property>
    <name>city</name>
    <value>Delhi</value>
  </property>
</configuration>