ProjectItemDefinitionInstance Class

Visual Studio 2015

Represents an evaluated item definition for a particular item type, divested of all references to project source code.

MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.

Namespace: Microsoft.Build.Execution
Assembly: Microsoft.Build (in Microsoft.Build.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

System::Object
Microsoft.Build.Execution::ProjectItemDefinitionInstance

Syntax

C++

[DebuggerDisplayAttribute("{itemType} #Metadata={MetadataCount}")]
public ref class ProjectItemDefinitionInstance

Properties

	Name	Description
	ItemType	Gets the item type of this item definition. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	Metadata	Gets all the metadata for this item definition. This is a read-only collection. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	MetadataCount	Gets the number of pieces of metadata on this item definition. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	MetadataNames	Gets an enumerator over the metadata names for this item definition. This is a read-only collection. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object^)	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetMetadata(String^)	Get any metadata in this item definition with the given name. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	GetType()	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone()	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	(Inherited from Object.)

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.