CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute Class

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Adds a custom file generator registry entry for a specific file type.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Attribute
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.RegistrationAttribute
      Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple := True, Inherited := True)> _
Public NotInheritable Class CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute _
    Inherits RegistrationAttribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = true, Inherited = true)]
public sealed class CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute : RegistrationAttribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets::Class, AllowMultiple = true, Inherited = true)]
public ref class CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute sealed : public RegistrationAttribute

[<Sealed>]
[<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = true, Inherited = true)>]
type CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute =  
    class 
        inherit RegistrationAttribute 
    end

public final class CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute extends RegistrationAttribute

The CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public method CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute Initializes a new instance of the CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute class. Creates a new CodeGeneratorRegistrationAttribute attribute to register a custom code generator for the provided context.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public property ContextGuid Gets the GUID representing the project type.
Public property GeneratesDesignTimeSource Gets or sets the GeneratesDesignTimeSource registry value.
Public property GeneratesSharedDesignTimeSource Gets or sets the GeneratesSharedDesignTimeSource registry value.
Public property GeneratorGuid Get the GUID representing the generator type.
Public property GeneratorName Gets the generator name.
Public property GeneratorRegKeyName Gets or sets the generator registry key name.
Public property GeneratorType Gets the generator type.
Public property TypeId Gets the current instance of this attribute. (Inherited from RegistrationAttribute.)

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Equals Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Public method GetHashCode Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method 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.)
Public method Match When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Public method Register Registers this attribute with the given context. (Overrides RegistrationAttribute.Register(RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext).)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Unregister Unregisters the code generator with the given context. (Overrides RegistrationAttribute.Unregister(RegistrationAttribute.RegistrationContext).)

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Explicit Interface Implementations

  Name Description
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method _Attribute.GetIDsOfNames Maps a set of names to a corresponding set of dispatch identifiers. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method _Attribute.GetTypeInfo Retrieves the type information for an object, which can be used to get the type information for an interface. (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method _Attribute.GetTypeInfoCount Retrieves the number of type information interfaces that an object provides (either 0 or 1). (Inherited from Attribute.)
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method _Attribute.Invoke Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object. (Inherited from Attribute.)

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Remarks

For example:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Generators\{fae04ec1-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}\MyGenerator]

    "CLSID"="{AAAA53CC-3D4F-40a2-BD4D-4F3419755476}"

    "GeneratesDesignTimeSource" = d'1'

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.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell Namespace

SingleFileGeneratorSupportRegistrationAttribute