ManagementEntityAttribute Class
The ManagementEntity attribute indicates that a class provides management information exposed through a WMI provider.
Assembly: System.Core (in System.Core.dll)
The ManagementEntityAttribute type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | ManagementEntityAttribute | Initializes a new instance of the ManagementEntityAttribute class. This is the default constructor. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| External | Gets or sets a value that specifies whether the class represents a WMI class in a provider implemented external to the current assembly. |
| Name | Gets or sets the name of the WMI class. |
| Singleton | Specifies whether the associated class represents a singleton WMI class. |
| TypeId | When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Equals | Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetHashCode | Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| IsDefaultAttribute | When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| Match | When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| _Attribute::GetIDsOfNames | Maps a set of names to a corresponding set of dispatch identifiers. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| _Attribute::GetTypeInfo | Retrieves the type information for an object, which can be used to get the type information for an interface. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| _Attribute::GetTypeInfoCount | Retrieves the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1). (Inherited from Attribute.) |
| _Attribute::Invoke | Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object. (Inherited from Attribute.) |
The class marked by this attribute must be public.
| Note |
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The HostProtectionAttribute attribute applied to this type or member has the following Resources property value: MayLeakOnAbort. The HostProtectionAttribute does not affect desktop applications (which are typically started by double-clicking an icon, typing a command, or entering a URL in a browser). For more information, see the HostProtectionAttribute class or SQL Server Programming and Host Protection Attributes. |
The following example shows how to use the ManagementEntity attribute to mark a class.
// Use the ManagementEntity attribute on the class to specify that this // class contains management information that is available from
// provider.
[ManagementEntity(Name = "MortgageCalc")]
public class MortgageCalcWMIProvider
{
}
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.