In XML documentaiton comments for C#, is there a way to mark two or more functions to be overloads of each other, so that they reference each other automatically? Ideally, they'd also be grouped in the sandcastle-generated documentation somehow.
Purpose: Often, I want to link to this group of functions, e.g. in a list of utility functions, just mention one of the overloads, and make the others easily discoverable from there.
Currently I am adding links, but that's tedious.
The relationship between multiple overloads are already identified and grouped by XMl documentation and Sandcastle.
Creating links to other members using the see or seealso tags.
Eg.
///See <see cref="M:AnotherMethod(System.String)">
I've found though that Sandcastle member resolution can be a bit flaky so I tend to use fully qualified names.
///See <see cref="M:MyCompany.Myapp.MyClass.AnotherMethod(System.String)">
Note the M: indicates a member is being referenced, you also use E: to point to an Event. T: is used for type but that is assumed if not present.
Grouping is done automatically by Sandcastle, right, but if you want to give overload group a common description, use <overloads> tag for this (in the same way as <summary>). It is not a standard XML documentation tag but AFAIR it is supported by Sandcastle Help File Builder.