VCCodeElement Interface

An object providing access to any code element within a source file.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCCodeModel
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCCodeModel (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCCodeModel.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("8F6D4796-F6CF-4FBF-A542-EA6082EF658A")> _
Public Interface VCCodeElement

[GuidAttribute("8F6D4796-F6CF-4FBF-A542-EA6082EF658A")]
public interface VCCodeElement

[GuidAttribute(L"8F6D4796-F6CF-4FBF-A542-EA6082EF658A")]
public interface class VCCodeElement

[<GuidAttribute("8F6D4796-F6CF-4FBF-A542-EA6082EF658A")>]
type VCCodeElement =  interface end

public interface VCCodeElement

The VCCodeElement type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Attributes	Gets a collection of all of the attributes for the parent object.
	Children	Gets a collection of objects contained within this code construct.
	CodeModel	Gets the VCCodeModel object for the project.
	Collection	Gets the collection containing the object supporting this property or contained within this code construct.
	Comment	Gets or sets the comment associated with the code element.
	DisplayName	Gets the display name of the VCCodeElement object.
	DTE	Gets the top-level extensibility object.
	EndPoint	Gets the edit point that is the location of the end of the code item.
	EndPointOf	Returns the end point of the VCCodeElement object.
	Extender	Returns the requested Extender object if it is available for this object.
	ExtenderCATID	Gets the Extender category ID (CATID) for the object.
	ExtenderNames	Gets a list of available Extenders for the object.
	File	Gets the file associated with this VCCodeElement object.
	FullName	Gets the full path and name of the object's file.
	InfoLocation	Describes the capabilities of the code model.
	IsCaseSensitive	Gets a value indicating whether a code element is case-sensitive.
	IsCodeType	Gets a value indicating whether a CodeType object can be obtained from this object.
	IsInjected	Gets a value indicating if a code element has been injected by an attribute or macro expansion.
	IsReadOnly	Gets a value indicating if the file containing the VCCodeElement object is read-only.
	IsZombie	Gets a value indicating whether the VCCodeElement object exists.
	Kind	Gets an enumeration indicating the type of object.
	Language	Gets the programming language used to author the code.
	Location	Gets the location of the parent object declaration.
	Name	Gets or sets the name of the object.
	Parent	Gets the immediate parent object of a given object.
	Picture	Gets a picture automation object to be used as an icon in the user interface.
	Project	Gets the Project object associated with the object.
	ProjectItem	Gets the ProjectItem object associated with the given object.
	References	Not currently implemented.
	StartPoint	Gets a TextPoint object that defines the beginning of the code item.
	StartPointOf	Gets the start point of the parent object.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	GetEndPoint	Gets a TextPoint object that marks the end of the code element definition.
	GetStartPoint	Gets a TextPoint object that defines the beginning of the code element definition.
	IsSelf	Determines if the specified code element is the same as another code element.

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Remarks

The VCCodeElement object provides code model functionality to existing Visual C++ integrated development environment (IDE) solutions at the code element level. Primarily, this object is used to find and modify any code element (class declaration, identifier, function definition, and so on) accessible within a source file.

See How to: Compile Example Code for Visual C++ Code Model Extensibility for information on how to compile and run this sample.

Examples

This example assigns a newly added class to a VCCodeElement object.

Sub GetVCCodeElement()
    Dim vcCM As VCCodeModel
    Dim vcCodeElement As VCCodeElement
    vcCM = DTE.Solution.Item(1).CodeModel
    vcCodeElement = vcCM.AddClass("MyClass", "MyClass.h")
End Sub

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCCodeModel Namespace