ManagementPath Class (System.Management)

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ManagementPath Class

Provides a wrapper for parsing and building paths to WMI objects.

Namespace: System.Management
Assembly: System.Management (in System.Management.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Class ManagementPath _
	Implements ICloneable

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As ManagementPath

public class ManagementPath : ICloneable

Visual C++

public ref class ManagementPath : ICloneable

JScript

public class ManagementPath implements ICloneable

Examples

The following example demonstrates how the ManagementPath class parses a path to a WMI object. The path that is parsed in the example is a path to an instance of a class.

Visual Basic

Imports System
Imports System.Management


Public Class Sample
    Public Overloads Shared Function _
        Main(ByVal args() As String) As Integer

        ' Get the WMI class path
        Dim p As ManagementPath = _
            New ManagementPath( _
            "\\ComputerName\root" & _
            "\cimv2:Win32_LogicalDisk.DeviceID=""C:""")

        Console.WriteLine("IsClass: " & _
            p.IsClass)
        ' Should be False (because it is an instance)

        Console.WriteLine("IsInstance: " & _
            p.IsInstance)
        ' Should be True

        Console.WriteLine("ClassName: " & _
            p.ClassName)
        ' Should be "Win32_LogicalDisk"

        Console.WriteLine("NamespacePath: " & _
            p.NamespacePath)
        ' Should be "ComputerName\cimv2"

        Console.WriteLine("Server: " & _
            p.Server)
        ' Should be "ComputerName"

        Console.WriteLine("Path: " & _
            p.Path)
        ' Should be "ComputerName\root\cimv2:
        ' Win32_LogicalDisk.DeviceId="C:""

        Console.WriteLine("RelativePath: " & _
            p.RelativePath)
        ' Should be "Win32_LogicalDisk.DeviceID="C:""

    End Function
End Class

using System;
using System.Management;

public class Sample 
{    
    public static void Main() 
    {

        // Get the WMI class path
        ManagementPath p = 
            new ManagementPath(
            "\\\\ComputerName\\root" +
            "\\cimv2:Win32_LogicalDisk.DeviceID=\"C:\"");

        Console.WriteLine("IsClass: " +
            p.IsClass);
        // Should be False (because it is an instance)

        Console.WriteLine("IsInstance: " +
            p.IsInstance);
        // Should be True

        Console.WriteLine("ClassName: " +
            p.ClassName);
        // Should be "Win32_LogicalDisk"

        Console.WriteLine("NamespacePath: " +
            p.NamespacePath);
        // Should be "ComputerName\cimv2"

        Console.WriteLine("Server: " + 
            p.Server);
        // Should be "ComputerName"

        Console.WriteLine("Path: " +
            p.Path);
        // Should be "ComputerName\root\cimv2:
        // Win32_LogicalDisk.DeviceId="C:""

        Console.WriteLine("RelativePath: " +
            p.RelativePath);
        // Should be "Win32_LogicalDisk.DeviceID="C:""

    }
}

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Management.ManagementPath

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

ManagementPath Members

System.Management Namespace