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Category Class

Represents a category to which a BaseProperty can belong.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.Framework.XamlTypes
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build.Framework (in Microsoft.Build.Framework.dll)

public ref class Category sealed : public CategorySchema, 
	ISupportInitialize

The Category type exposes the following members.

  NameDescription
Public methodCategoryDefault constructor. Called during deserialization.
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  NameDescription
Public propertyDescriptionGets or sets the description of this Category.
Public propertyDisplayNameGets or sets a name that can be used by a prospective UI client to display this Category.
Public propertyHelpStringGets or sets Help information for this Category.
Public propertyNameGets or sets the name of this Category.
Public propertySubtypeGets or sets the subtype of this Category.
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  NameDescription
Public methodBeginInitSee BeginInit.
Public methodEndInitSee EndInit.
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 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 methodToStringReturns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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If you manually instantiate this class, call BeginInit before you set the first property of the object and EndInit after you set the last property.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, 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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