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Manifest Class

Represents base functionality common to all supported manifest types.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0 (in Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll)
[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
public abstract class Manifest

The Manifest type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Protected method Manifest Initializes a new instance of the Manifest class.
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  Name Description
Public property AssemblyIdentity Gets or sets the identity of the manifest.
Public property AssemblyReferences Gets the set of assemblies that the manifest references.
Public property Description Gets or sets a textual description for the manifest.
Public property EntryPoint Gets or sets an assembly reference that is the entry point of the application.
Public property FileReferences Gets the set of files that the manifest references.
Public property InputStream Gets or sets the input stream from which the manifest was read.
Public property OutputMessages Gets a collection of current error and warning messages.
Public property ReadOnly Gets or sets a value indicating whether the manifest is operating in read-only or read-write mode.
Public property SourcePath Gets or sets the location where the manifest was loaded or saved.
Public property XmlAssemblyIdentity Infrastructure. Gets or sets a property that is used to serialize the AssemblyIdentity property to an XML file.
Public property XmlAssemblyReferences Infrastructure. Gets or sets a property that is used to serialize the AssemblyReferences property to an XML file.
Public property XmlDescription Infrastructure. Gets or sets a property that is used to serialize the Description property to an XML file.
Public property XmlFileReferences Infrastructure. Gets or sets a property that is used to serialize the FileReferences property to an XML file.
Public property XmlSchema Infrastructure. Gets or sets a property that is used to serialize the schema to an XML file.
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  Name Description
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ResolveFiles() Locates all specified assembly and file references by searching in the same directory as the loaded manifest, or in the current directory.
Public method ResolveFiles(String[]) Locates all specified assembly and file references by searching in the specified directories.
Public method ToString Returns the manifest name. (Overrides Object.ToString().)
Public method UpdateFileInfo Updates file information for each referenced assembly and file.
Public method Validate Performs various checks to verify the validity of the manifest.
Protected method ValidatePlatform Infrastructure. Validates the manifest platform.
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.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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