Web.config: put an comment inside xml attributes

asp.net web-config xml-comments
stacker picture stacker · May 16, 2010 · Viewed 46.8k times · Source

I want to put an comment in web.config file, something like this: 

<httpRuntime 
  requestValidationMode="2.0"      // require for [ValidateInput(false)] in .net-4.0
  requestPathInvalidCharacters=""  // include & character in the url
  enableVersionHeader="false"      // disable X-AspNet-Version header
  />

Is there any way to put comments in this way, using server-side comments like <% %> or something?

Answer

Oded picture Oded · May 16, 2010

The web.config file is an XML file, so your only option is to use XML comments:

<!--
   requestValidationMode="2.0" - require for [ValidateInput(false)] in .net-4.0
   requestPathInvalidCharacters=""  - include & character in the url
   enableVersionHeader="false" - disable X-AspNet-Version header
-->
<httpRuntime 
  requestValidationMode="2.0"      
  requestPathInvalidCharacters=""  
  enableVersionHeader="false"      
/>

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