ManifestReader.ReadManifest Method (Stream, Boolean)

Reads the specified manifest XML and returns an object representation.

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Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core (in Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function ReadManifest ( _
    input As Stream, _
    preserveStream As Boolean _
) As Manifest

public static Manifest ReadManifest(
    Stream input,
    bool preserveStream
)

public:
static Manifest^ ReadManifest(
    Stream^ input, 
    bool preserveStream
)

static member ReadManifest : 
        input:Stream * 
        preserveStream:bool -> Manifest

public static function ReadManifest(
    input : Stream, 
    preserveStream : boolean
) : Manifest

Parameters

• input
  Type: System.IO.Stream

  Specifies an input stream.

• preserveStream
  Type: System.Boolean

  Specifies whether to preserve the input stream in the InputStream property of the resulting manifest object. Used by ManifestWriter to reconstitute input which is not represented in the object representation.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities.Manifest
A Manifest object representation of the manifest. Can be cast to AssemblyManifest, ApplicationManifest, or DeployManifest to access more specific functionality.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.

See Also

Reference

ManifestReader Class

ReadManifest Overload

Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities Namespace