XDocument how can I comment an Element

Question

I just want to know how I can comment an entire element using XDocument.

XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse("<configuration>
      <connectionString>
          ...
      </connectionString>
<configuration>");

/*Something like that*/ doc.Root.Element("connectionStrings").NodeType = XComment; /*??*/

Answer 1

Something like this, perhaps:

var element = doc.Root.Element("connectionStrings");
element.ReplaceWith(new XComment(element.ToString()));

Sample input/output:

Before:

<root>
  <foo>Should not be in a comment</foo>
  <connectionStrings>
    <nestedElement>Text</nestedElement>
  </connectionStrings>
  <bar>Also not in a comment</bar>
</root>

After:

<root>
  <foo>Should not be in a comment</foo>
  <!--<connectionStrings>
  <nestedElement>Text</nestedElement>
</connectionStrings>-->
  <bar>Also not in a comment</bar>
</root>

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