Microsoft.VisualStudio.SharePoint.Features Namespace

The Microsoft.VisualStudio.SharePoint.Features namespace contains types that you can use to access the definition of a Feature in a SharePoint project.

Interfaces

IAddContentTypeFieldUpgradeAction	Represents an upgrade action that adds a new field to an existing content type.
IApplyElementManifestsUpgradeAction	Represents an upgrade action that provisions new feature elements.
ICustomFeatureActivationDependency	Represents an existing feature on which activation of another feature depends.
ICustomUpgradeAction	Represents an upgrade action that runs a feature event receiver.
ICustomUpgradeActionParameter	Represents a custom upgrade action parameter.
ICustomUpgradeActionParameterCollection	Represents a collection of custom upgrade action parameters.
IDiscreteUpgradeAction	Represents an action that is run during the upgrade of a feature.
IDiscreteUpgradeActionCollection	Represents a collection of feature upgrade actions.
IElement	Represents a file associated with a feature.
IElementCollection	Represents a collection of feature elements.
IFeature	Represents the definition of a feature within the SharePoint project system.
IFeatureActivationDependency	Represents a feature on which the activation of another feature depends.
IFeatureActivationDependencyCollection	Represents a collection of feature activation dependencies.
IFeatureManifest	Represents the manifest of a SharePoint feature.
IMapFileUpgradeAction	Represents an upgrade action that remaps an non-customized file to a different setup path on the SharePoint Web front-end (WFE) server file system.
IProperty	Represents the default value for a feature property.
IPropertyCollection	Represents a collection of default values for feature properties.
IReferencedFeatureActivationDependency	Represents a feature in the Visual Studio solution on which another feature depends.
IUpgradeAction	Represents an action that is run during the upgrade of a feature.
IUpgradeActionCollection	Represents a collection of feature upgrade actions.
IVersionRange	Represents a collection of actions that is run during the upgrade of a specific version of a feature.

Enums

DiscreteUpgradeActionType	Specifies the type of action to execute when upgrading a feature.
FeatureElementType	Specifies how the element is treated by SharePoint when the feature is deployed.
FeatureScope	Specifies the context in which a feature is activated.

Remarks

The main type in this namespace is the IFeature interface. An IFeature object represents the definition of a particular Feature in a SharePoint project, including the Feature manifest. To access an IFeature object, first use the Microsoft.VisualStudio.SharePoint.ISharePointProject.Features property to get an ISharePointProjectFeature object. Then, use the Microsoft.VisualStudio.SharePoint.ISharePointProjectFeature.Model property to get an IFeature object.