IContentTypeRegistryService.AddContentType Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.CoreUtility.dll

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Creates and adds a new content type.

public:
 Microsoft::VisualStudio::Utilities::IContentType ^ AddContentType(System::String ^ typeName, System::Collections::Generic::IEnumerable<System::String ^> ^ baseTypeNames);

public Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities.IContentType AddContentType (string typeName, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<string> baseTypeNames);

abstract member AddContentType : string * seq<string> -> Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities.IContentType

Public Function AddContentType (typeName As String, baseTypeNames As IEnumerable(Of String)) As IContentType

Parameters

typeName: String

The name of the content type.

baseTypeNames: IEnumerable<String>

The list of content type names to be used as base content types. Optional.

Returns

IContentType

The IContentType.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

typeName is null or empty.

InvalidOperationException

typeName or one of the baseTypeNames is the name of UnknownContentType, or the content type already exists, or one of the base types would introduce a cyclic base type relationship.

Applies to