CodeImport.Kind Property

Definition

Namespace:

EnvDTE80

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.12.40391

Gets an enumeration that defines the type of object.

public:
 property EnvDTE::vsCMElement Kind { EnvDTE::vsCMElement get(); };

public:
 property EnvDTE::vsCMElement Kind { EnvDTE::vsCMElement get(); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(5)]
public EnvDTE.vsCMElement Kind { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(5)] [System.Runtime.InteropServices.TypeLibFunc(1024)] get; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(5)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(5)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.TypeLibFunc(1024)>]
member this.Kind : EnvDTE.vsCMElement

Public ReadOnly Property Kind As vsCMElement

Property Value

vsCMElement

A vsCMElement value.

The values of code model elements such as classes, structs, functions, attributes, delegates, and so forth can be non-deterministic after making certain kinds of edits, meaning that their values cannot be relied upon to always remain the same.

Implements

Kind

Attributes

DispIdAttribute TypeLibFuncAttribute

Examples

Sub KindExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)  

    ' NOTE: This example requires a reference to the System.Text   
    '       namespace.  

    ' Before running this example, open a code document from a project.  
    Dim item As ProjectItem = dte.ActiveDocument.ProjectItem  
    Dim sb As New StringBuilder  

    RecurseElements(item.FileCodeModel.CodeElements, 0, sb)  

    MsgBox(item.Name & " contains the following elements:" & vbCrLf & _  
        vbCrLf & sb.ToString())  

End Sub  

Sub RecurseElements(ByVal elems As CodeElements, _  
    ByVal level As Integer, ByVal sb As StringBuilder)  

    Dim elem As CodeElement  
    For Each elem In elems  
        ' Add element to the list of names.  
        sb.Append(" "c, level * 8)  
        sb.Append(elem.Name & " [" & elem.Kind.ToString() & "]" & _  
            vbCrLf)  

        ' Call this function recursively if element has children.  
        If elem.Kind = vsCMElement2.vsCMElementNamespace Then  
            RecurseElements(CType(elem, CodeNamespace).Members, _  
                level + 1, sb)  
        ElseIf elem.IsCodeType Then  
            RecurseElements(CType(elem, CodeType).Members, _  
                level + 1, sb)  
        End If  
    Next  

End Sub  

public void KindExample(DTE2 dte)  
{  
    // NOTE: This example requires a reference to the   
    //       System.Text namespace.  

    // Before running this example, open a code document from   
    // a project.  
    ProjectItem item = dte.ActiveDocument.ProjectItem;  
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();  

    RecurseElements(item.FileCodeModel.CodeElements, 0, sb);  
    MessageBox.Show(item.Name +   
        " contains the following elements:\n\n" + sb.ToString());  
}  

void RecurseElements(CodeElements elems, int level, StringBuilder sb)  
{  
    foreach (CodeElement elem in elems)  
    {  
        // Add element to the list of names.  
        sb.Append(' ', level * 8);  
        sb.Append(elem.Name + " [" + elem.Kind.ToString() + "]\n");  

        // Call this function recursively if element has children.  
        if (elem.Kind == vsCMElement.vsCMElementNamespace)  
            RecurseElements(((CodeNamespace)elem).Members,   
                level + 1, sb);  
        else if (elem.IsCodeType)  
            RecurseElements(((CodeType)elem).Members, level + 1, sb);  
    }  
}