ProjectMetadataInstance Class

Visual Studio 2015

Wraps an evaluated metadata for build purposes.

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::ProjectMetadataInstance

Syntax

C++

[DebuggerDisplayAttribute("{name}={EvaluatedValue}")]
public ref class ProjectMetadataInstance : IEquatable<ProjectMetadataInstance^>

Properties

	Name	Description
	EvaluatedValue	Gets or sets the evaluated value of the metadata. 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.
	Name	Gets the name of the metadata. 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
	DeepClone()	Copies the metadata to create a deep clone. 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.
	Equals(Object^)	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType()	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone()	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	Gets a string representation of this metadata. 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.(Overrides Object::ToString().)

Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	IEquatable<ProjectMetadataInstance^>::Equals(ProjectMetadataInstance^)

Remarks

Added and removed via methods on the ProjectItemInstance 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.