title: Is there an API in .net to read XML comment documentation file
body: <p>In this <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/194899/where-does-visual-studio-get-the-type-description-info-used-by-intellisense">question</a> I see that microsoft ships the XML documentation files for the BCL. I wonder if anyone knows if there an API within .net that can be used to look this up at runtime. I know we can parse the files manually using the XML api.</p>
  
  <p>The use case is that we allow custom (read 3rd party) types/assemblies to be used in our system, and when selecting these in the UI, we'd like to extract the documentation as specified by the custom type/assembly creator or if not available provide other defaults.</p>