CodeFunction.MustImplement Property

Sets or gets whether or not the item is declared abstract and thus requires an implementation.

Namespace:  EnvDTE
Assembly:  EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Property MustImplement As Boolean

bool MustImplement { get; set; }

property bool MustImplement {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}

abstract MustImplement : bool with get, set

function get MustImplement () : boolean 
function set MustImplement (value : boolean)

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
A Boolean value indicating true if the method is declared abstract and thus requires an implementation; false if otherwise.

Remarks

MustImplement returns or sets whether the method is implemented or requires an implementation in subclasses. Note that this might always be False for some languages, and that setting MustImplement might fail depending on the language.

Note

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. For more information, see the section Code Model Element Values Can Change in Discovering Code by Using the Code Model (Visual Basic).

Examples

 Sub MustImplementExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)

    ' Before running this example, open a code document from a project
    ' and place the insertion point inside a class definition.
    Try
        ' Retrieve the CodeClass at the insertion point.
        Dim sel As TextSelection = _
            CType(dte.ActiveDocument.Selection, TextSelection)
        Dim cls As CodeClass = _
            CType(sel.ActivePoint.CodeElement( _
            vsCMElement.vsCMElementClass), CodeClass)

        Dim mustImpl As String
        Dim elem As CodeElement
        For Each elem In cls.Members
            If (elem.Kind = vsCMElement.vsCMElementFunction) Then
                Dim fun As CodeFunction = CType(elem, CodeFunction)
                If fun.MustImplement Then
                    mustImpl &= fun.Prototype( _
                        vsCMPrototype.vsCMPrototypeParamNames Or _
                        vsCMPrototype.vsCMPrototypeParamTypes Or _
                        vsCMPrototype.vsCMPrototypeType) & vbCrLf
                End If
            End If
        Next

        MsgBox(cls.Name & " has the following abstract methods:" & _
            vbCrLf & vbCrLf & mustImpl)
    Catch ex As Exception
        MsgBox(ex.Message)
    End Try

End Sub

 public void MustImplementExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // Before running this example, open a code document from a project
    // and place the insertion point inside a class definition.
    try
    {
        // Retrieve the CodeClass at the insertion point.
        TextSelection sel = 
            (TextSelection)dte.ActiveDocument.Selection;
        CodeClass cls = 
            (CodeClass)sel.ActivePoint.get_CodeElement(
            vsCMElement.vsCMElementClass);
        string mustImpl = "";

        foreach (CodeElement elem in cls.Members)
        {
            if (elem.Kind == vsCMElement.vsCMElementFunction)
            {
                CodeFunction fun = (CodeFunction)elem;

                if (fun.MustImplement)
                    mustImpl += fun.get_Prototype(
                        (int)(vsCMPrototype.vsCMPrototypeParamNames | 
                        vsCMPrototype.vsCMPrototypeParamTypes | 
                        vsCMPrototype.vsCMPrototypeType)) + "\n";
            }
        }

        MessageBox.Show(cls.Name + 
            " has the following abstract methods:\n\n" + mustImpl);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

.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.

See Also

Reference

CodeFunction Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples

Discovering Code by Using the Code Model (Visual Basic)

Discovering Code by Using the Code Model (Visual C#)