MethodData Class
Contains information about a WMI method.
Namespace: System.Management
Assembly: System.Management (in System.Management.dll)
The MethodData type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | InParameters | Gets the input parameters to the method. Each parameter is described as a property in the object. If a parameter is both in and out, it appears in both the InParameters and OutParameters properties. |
| Name | Gets the name of the method. |
| Origin | Gets the name of the management class in which the method was first introduced in the class inheritance hierarchy. |
| OutParameters | Gets the output parameters to the method. Each parameter is described as a property in the object. If a parameter is both in and out, it will appear in both the InParameters and OutParameters properties. |
| Qualifiers | Gets a collection of qualifiers defined in the method. Each element is of type QualifierData and contains information such as the qualifier name, value, and flavor. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
The following example lists information about the Win32_Process.Create method using the MethodData class. For more information on the Win32_Process class, see the Windows Management Instrumentation documentation in the MSDN Library at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library.
using System; using System.Management; public class Sample { public static void Main() { // Get the WMI class ManagementClass processClass = new ManagementClass("Win32_Process"); processClass.Options.UseAmendedQualifiers = true; // Get the methods in the class MethodDataCollection methods = processClass.Methods; // display the method names Console.WriteLine("Method Name: "); foreach (MethodData method in methods) { if(method.Name.Equals("Create")) { Console.WriteLine(method.Name); Console.WriteLine("Description: " + method.Qualifiers["Description"].Value); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("In-parameters: "); foreach(PropertyData i in method.InParameters.Properties) { Console.WriteLine(i.Name); } Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Out-parameters: "); foreach(PropertyData o in method.OutParameters.Properties) { Console.WriteLine(o.Name); } Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Qualifiers: "); foreach(QualifierData q in method.Qualifiers) { Console.WriteLine(q.Name); } Console.WriteLine(); } } } }
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
