ISmartTagSourceProvider Interface

Defines a provider of a smart tag source.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Interface ISmartTagSourceProvider
public interface ISmartTagSourceProvider
public interface class ISmartTagSourceProvider
type ISmartTagSourceProvider =  interface end
public interface ISmartTagSourceProvider

The ISmartTagSourceProvider type exposes the following members.

Methods

  Name Description
Public method TryCreateSmartTagSource Attempts to create a smart tag source for the specified buffer.

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Remarks

This is a MEF component part, and should be exported with the following attribute:

[Export(typeof(ISmartTagSourceProvider))] 
[Order…] 
[Name…] 
[ContentType...] 

You specify the ContentTypeAttribute so that the source provider needs to create sources only for buffers of the content types it recognizes, and OrderAttribute to specify the order in which the sources are called.

Examples

For an example of the use of this interface, see Walkthrough: Displaying SmartTags.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense Namespace