ManagementClass.GetSubclasses Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Management

Assembly:

System.Management.dll

Package:

System.Management v9.0.0

Returns the collection of all derived classes for the class.

Overloads

GetSubclasses()	Returns the collection of all subclasses for the class.
GetSubclasses(EnumerationOptions)	Retrieves the subclasses of the class using the specified options.
GetSubclasses(ManagementOperationObserver)	Returns the collection of all classes derived from this class, asynchronously.
GetSubclasses(ManagementOperationObserver, EnumerationOptions)	Retrieves all classes derived from this class, asynchronously, using the specified options.

Remarks

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

GetSubclasses()

Source:

ManagementClass.cs

Returns the collection of all subclasses for the class.

public:
 System::Management::ManagementObjectCollection ^ GetSubclasses();

public System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection GetSubclasses ();

member this.GetSubclasses : unit -> System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection

Public Function GetSubclasses () As ManagementObjectCollection

Returns

ManagementObjectCollection

A collection of the ManagementObject objects that represent the subclasses of the WMI class.

Examples

The following example uses the GetSubclasses method to list the subclasses to the CIM_LogicalDisk class. For more information, see CIM_LogicalDisk.

using System;
using System.Management;

public class Sample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        ManagementClass c =
            new ManagementClass("CIM_LogicalDisk");

        foreach (ManagementClass r in c.GetSubclasses())
        {
            Console.WriteLine(
                "Instances of {0} are sub-classes",
                r["__CLASS"]);
        }

        foreach (ManagementClass r in c.GetRelationshipClasses())
        {
            Console.WriteLine(
                "{0} is a relationship class to " +
                c.ClassPath.ClassName,
                r["__CLASS"]);

            foreach (ManagementClass related in c.GetRelatedClasses(
                null, r.ClassPath.ClassName,
                "Association", null, null, null, null))
            {
                Console.WriteLine(
                    "{0} is related to " + c.ClassPath.ClassName,
                    related.ClassPath.ClassName);
            }
        }

        return;
    }
}

Imports System.Management


Class Sample
    Public Overloads Shared Function _
        Main(ByVal args() As String) As Integer

        Dim c As ManagementClass
        c = New ManagementClass("CIM_LogicalDisk")

        For Each r As ManagementClass In c.GetSubclasses()

            Console.WriteLine( _
                "Instances of {0} are sub-classes", _
                r("__CLASS"))
        Next

        For Each r As ManagementClass In c.GetRelationshipClasses()

            Console.WriteLine( _
                "{0} is a relationship class to " & _
                c.ClassPath.ClassName, _
                r("__CLASS"))

            For Each related As ManagementClass In c.GetRelatedClasses( _
                Nothing, r.ClassPath.ClassName, "Association", Nothing, _
                Nothing, Nothing, Nothing)

                Console.WriteLine( _
                    "{0} is related to " & c.ClassPath.ClassName, _
                    related.ClassPath.ClassName)
            Next
        Next


    End Function
End Class

Remarks

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

GetSubclasses(EnumerationOptions)

Source:

ManagementClass.cs

Retrieves the subclasses of the class using the specified options.

public:
 System::Management::ManagementObjectCollection ^ GetSubclasses(System::Management::EnumerationOptions ^ options);

public System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection GetSubclasses (System.Management.EnumerationOptions options);

member this.GetSubclasses : System.Management.EnumerationOptions -> System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection

Public Function GetSubclasses (options As EnumerationOptions) As ManagementObjectCollection

Parameters

options

EnumerationOptions

The specified additional options for retrieving subclasses of the class.

Returns

ManagementObjectCollection

A collection of the ManagementObject objects representing the subclasses of the WMI class, according to the specified options.

Examples

The following example shows how to initialize a ManagementClass variable with a ManagementClass constructor and then receive the subclasses of the WMI class passed into the constructor.

using System;
using System.Management;

public class Example
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        EnumerationOptions opt = new EnumerationOptions();
        // Causes return of deep subclasses
        // as opposed to only immediate ones.
        opt.EnumerateDeep = true;
        ManagementObjectCollection subclasses = (new
            ManagementClass("CIM_LogicalDisk")).GetSubclasses(opt);
        foreach(ManagementClass subclass in subclasses)
        {
            Console.WriteLine( "Subclass found: {0}" ,
                subclass["__CLASS"]);
        }

        return;
    }
}

Imports System.Management

Public Class Sample

    Public Shared Function Main(ByVal args() _
        As String) As Integer

        Dim opt As New EnumerationOptions

        ' Causes return of deep subclasses
        ' as opposed to only immediate ones.
        opt.EnumerateDeep = True

        Dim cls As New ManagementClass("CIM_LogicalDisk")
        Dim subclasses As ManagementObjectCollection

        subclasses = cls.GetSubclasses(opt)

        For Each subclass As ManagementClass In subclasses
            Console.WriteLine("Subclass found: {0}", _
                subclass("__CLASS"))
        Next

        Return 0
    End Function
End Class

Remarks

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

GetSubclasses(ManagementOperationObserver)

Source:

ManagementClass.cs

Returns the collection of all classes derived from this class, asynchronously.

public:
 void GetSubclasses(System::Management::ManagementOperationObserver ^ watcher);

public void GetSubclasses (System.Management.ManagementOperationObserver watcher);

member this.GetSubclasses : System.Management.ManagementOperationObserver -> unit

Public Sub GetSubclasses (watcher As ManagementOperationObserver)

Parameters

watcher

ManagementOperationObserver

The object to handle the asynchronous operation's progress.

Remarks

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

GetSubclasses(ManagementOperationObserver, EnumerationOptions)

Source:

ManagementClass.cs

Retrieves all classes derived from this class, asynchronously, using the specified options.

public:
 void GetSubclasses(System::Management::ManagementOperationObserver ^ watcher, System::Management::EnumerationOptions ^ options);

public void GetSubclasses (System.Management.ManagementOperationObserver watcher, System.Management.EnumerationOptions options);

member this.GetSubclasses : System.Management.ManagementOperationObserver * System.Management.EnumerationOptions -> unit

Public Sub GetSubclasses (watcher As ManagementOperationObserver, options As EnumerationOptions)

Parameters

watcher

ManagementOperationObserver

The object to handle the asynchronous operation's progress.

options

EnumerationOptions

The specified additional options to use in the derived class retrieval.

Remarks

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.