DataObjectIdentifierConverter.ConvertToString Method

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10/02/2013

Converts a set of identifier parts into a formatted string identifier based on the specified formatting options.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable Function ConvertToString ( _
    typeName As String, _
    identifier As Object(), _
    format As DataObjectIdentifierFormat _
) As String

public virtual string ConvertToString(
    string typeName,
    Object[] identifier,
    DataObjectIdentifierFormat format
)

public:
virtual String^ ConvertToString(
    String^ typeName, 
    array<Object^>^ identifier, 
    DataObjectIdentifierFormat format
)

abstract ConvertToString : 
        typeName:string * 
        identifier:Object[] * 
        format:DataObjectIdentifierFormat -> string  
override ConvertToString : 
        typeName:string * 
        identifier:Object[] * 
        format:DataObjectIdentifierFormat -> string

public function ConvertToString(
    typeName : String, 
    identifier : Object[], 
    format : DataObjectIdentifierFormat
) : String

Parameters

typeName
Type: System.String

The name of a data object type.

identifier
Type: array<System.Object[]

An array containing a set of identifier parts for a specified object.

format
Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.DataObjectIdentifierFormat

A set of flags indicating how to format the resulting string.

Return Value

Type: System.String
Returns a partially or fully formatted identifier, depending on which parts of the input array were specified.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The typeName parameter is null.

Remarks

Normally a provider would not override this method directly. The base implementation makes calls into the FormatPart and BuildString methods which carry out smaller parts of the operation.

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

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