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Target Class

Represents a single Target element in an MSBuild project. 

System::Object
  Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine::Target

Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build.Engine (in Microsoft.Build.Engine.dll)

public ref class Target : IEnumerable

The Target type exposes the following members.

  NameDescription
Public propertyConditionGets the Condition attribute value of the Target element.
Public propertyDependsOnTargetsGets the DependsOnTargets attribute value of the Target element.
Public propertyInputsGets or sets the items that are to be input into this target.
Public propertyIsImportedGets a value indicating whether the Target element was imported into the project.
Public propertyNameGets the Name attribute value of the Target element.
Public propertyOutputsGets or sets the expected outputs of this target.
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  NameDescription
Public methodAddNewTaskAdds the specified Task element to the Target element.
Public methodEquals(Object)Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodFinalizeAllows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetEnumeratorGets an enumerator that iterates through the BuildTask objects in the Target.
Public methodGetHashCodeServes as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetTypeGets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodMemberwiseCloneCreates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodRemoveTaskRemoves the specified Task element from the Target element.
Public methodToStringReturns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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  NameDescription
Public Extension MethodAsParallelEnables parallelization of a query. (Defined by ParallelEnumerable.)
Public Extension MethodAsQueryableConverts an IEnumerable to an IQueryable. (Defined by Queryable.)
Public Extension MethodCast<TResult>Converts the elements of an IEnumerable to the specified type. (Defined by Enumerable.)
Public Extension MethodOfType<TResult>Filters the elements of an IEnumerable based on a specified type. (Defined by Enumerable.)
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.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

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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