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DebuggerVisualizerAttribute Class

.NET Framework 4

Specifies that the type has a visualizer. This class cannot be inherited.

System.Object
  System.Attribute
    System.Diagnostics.DebuggerVisualizerAttribute

Namespace:  System.Diagnostics
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
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[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly|AttributeTargets.Class|AttributeTargets.Struct, AllowMultiple = true)]
public sealed class DebuggerVisualizerAttribute : Attribute

The DebuggerVisualizerAttribute type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method DebuggerVisualizerAttribute(String) Initializes a new instance of the DebuggerVisualizerAttribute class, specifying the type name of the visualizer.
Public method DebuggerVisualizerAttribute(Type) Initializes a new instance of the DebuggerVisualizerAttribute class, specifying the type of the visualizer.
Public method DebuggerVisualizerAttribute(String, String) Initializes a new instance of the DebuggerVisualizerAttribute class, specifying the type name of the visualizer and the type name of the visualizer object source.
Public method DebuggerVisualizerAttribute(String, Type) Initializes a new instance of the DebuggerVisualizerAttribute class, specifying the type name of the visualizer and the type of the visualizer object source.
Public method DebuggerVisualizerAttribute(Type, String) Initializes a new instance of the DebuggerVisualizerAttribute class, specifying the type of the visualizer and the type name of the visualizer object source.
Public method DebuggerVisualizerAttribute(Type, Type) Initializes a new instance of the DebuggerVisualizerAttribute class, specifying the type of the visualizer and the type of the visualizer object source.
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  Name Description
Public property Description Gets or sets the description of the visualizer.
Public property Target Gets or sets the target type when the attribute is applied at the assembly level.
Public property TargetTypeName Gets or sets the fully qualified type name when the attribute is applied at the assembly level.
Public property TypeId When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Public property VisualizerObjectSourceTypeName Gets the fully qualified type name of the visualizer object source.
Public property VisualizerTypeName Gets the fully qualified type name of the visualizer.
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  Name Description
Public method Equals Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
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 Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method IsDefaultAttribute When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Public method Match When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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  Name Description
Explicit interface implemetation Private method _Attribute.GetIDsOfNames Maps a set of names to a corresponding set of dispatch identifiers. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private method _Attribute.GetTypeInfo Retrieves the type information for an object, which can be used to get the type information for an interface. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private method _Attribute.GetTypeInfoCount Retrieves the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1). (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetation Private method _Attribute.Invoke Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
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This attribute can be used at the assembly level. Typically the attribute constructors take two types. The two types are a visualizer and a visualizer object source, specified as types or as fully qualified assembly type names. The second option is provided so that the visualizer assembly does not need to be referenced by the assembly containing the DebuggerVisualizerAttribute. This allows a component creator to ship the visualizer in a DLL to be called only at debug time. The Description property specifies the visualizer description that appears in the drop-down box. The target parameters specify the type that is the target of the visualizer. For more information about visualizers, see Visualizers.

Note Note

Visualizer and visualizer object source implementation is dependent upon the hosting debugger. For information on creating a visualizer for Visual Studio 2005, see How to: Write a Visualizer.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

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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