ManagementClass.Derive(String) Method
Definition
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Derives a new class from this class.
public:
System::Management::ManagementClass ^ Derive(System::String ^ newClassName);public System.Management.ManagementClass Derive (string newClassName);member this.Derive : string -> System.Management.ManagementClassPublic Function Derive (newClassName As String) As ManagementClassParameters
- newClassName
- String
The name of the new class to be derived.
Returns
A new ManagementClass that represents a new WMI class derived from the original class.
Examples
The following example shows how to initialize a ManagementClass variable with a ManagementClass constructor and then create a derived instance of a WMI class.
using System;
using System.Management;
public class Sample
{
public static void Main()
{
ManagementClass existingClass =
new ManagementClass("CIM_Service");
ManagementClass newClass = existingClass.Derive("My_Service");
newClass.Put(); //to commit the new class to the WMI repository.
}
}
Imports System.Management
Class Sample
Public Overloads Shared Function _
Main(ByVal args() As String) As Integer
Dim existingClass As New ManagementClass("CIM_Service")
Dim newClass As ManagementClass
newClass = existingClass.Derive("My_Service")
newClass.Put() 'to commit the new class to the WMI repository.
End Function
End Class
Remarks
Note that the newly returned class has not been committed until the Put() method is explicitly called.
.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.
