InstanceDataCollection.Contains(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Diagnostics

Assembly:

System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.dll

Determines whether a performance instance with a specified name (identified by one of the indexed InstanceData objects) exists in the collection.

public:
 bool Contains(System::String ^ instanceName);

public bool Contains (string instanceName);

member this.Contains : string -> bool

Public Function Contains (instanceName As String) As Boolean

Parameters

instanceName

String

The name of the instance to find in this collection.

Returns

Boolean

true if the instance exists in the collection; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

The instanceName parameter is null.

Examples

The following code example accepts a PerformanceCounter category name, counter name, and instance name from the command line. It gets the InstanceDataCollectionCollection for the category, which is a collection of InstanceDataCollection objects. From that it gets the particular InstanceDataCollection for the specified counter. It then uses the Contains method to determine if the specified instance exists, using the default single-instance name if none is entered.

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    // These values can be used as arguments.
    string categoryName = "Process";
    string counterName = "Private Bytes";
    string instanceName = "Explorer";

    InstanceDataCollection idCol;
    const string SINGLE_INSTANCE_NAME = "systemdiagnosticsperfcounterlibsingleinstance";

    // Copy the supplied arguments into the local variables.
    try
    {
        categoryName = args[0];
        counterName = args[1];
        instanceName = args[2];
    }
    catch
    {
        // Ignore the exception from non-supplied arguments.
    }

    try
    {
        // Get the InstanceDataCollectionCollection for this category.
        PerformanceCounterCategory pcc = new PerformanceCounterCategory(categoryName);
        InstanceDataCollectionCollection idColCol = pcc.ReadCategory();

        // Get the InstanceDataCollection for this counter.
        idCol = idColCol[counterName];
        if (idCol==null)
        {
            throw new Exception("Counter does not exist.");
        }
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("An error occurred getting the InstanceDataCollection for " +
            "category \"{0}\", counter \"{1}\"." +  "\n" + ex.Message, categoryName, counterName);
        return;
    }

    // If the instance name is empty, use the single-instance name.
    if (instanceName.Length==0)
    {
        instanceName = SINGLE_INSTANCE_NAME;
    }

    // Check if this instance name exists using the Contains
    // method of the InstanceDataCollection.
    if (!idCol.Contains(instanceName))
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Instance \"{0}\" does not exist in counter \"{1}\", " +
            "category \"{2}\".", instanceName, counterName, categoryName);
        return;
    }
    else
    {
        // The instance name exists, now get its InstanceData object
        // using the indexer (Item property) for the InstanceDataCollection.
        InstanceData instData = idCol[instanceName];

        Console.WriteLine("CategoryName: {0}", categoryName);
        Console.WriteLine("CounterName:  {0}", counterName);
        Console.WriteLine("InstanceName: {0}", instData.InstanceName);
        Console.WriteLine("RawValue:     {0}", instData.RawValue);
    }
}

Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
    ' These values can be used as arguments.
    Dim categoryName As String = "Process"
    Dim counterName As String = "Private Bytes"
    Dim instanceName As String = "Explorer"

    Dim idCol As InstanceDataCollection
    Const SINGLE_INSTANCE_NAME As String = _
        "systemdiagnosticsperfcounterlibsingleinstance"

    ' Copy the supplied arguments into the local variables.
    Try
        categoryName = args(0)
        counterName = args(1)
        instanceName = args(2)
    Catch ex As Exception
        ' Ignore the exception from non-supplied arguments.
    End Try

    Try
        ' Get the InstanceDataCollectionCollection for this category.
        Dim pcc As New PerformanceCounterCategory(categoryName)
        Dim idColCol As InstanceDataCollectionCollection = _
            pcc.ReadCategory()

        ' Get the InstanceDataCollection for this counter.
        idCol = idColCol(counterName)
        If idCol Is Nothing Then
            Throw New Exception("Counter does not exist.")
        End If
    Catch ex As Exception
        Console.WriteLine( _
            "An error occurred getting the InstanceDataCollection for " & _
            "category ""{0}"", counter ""{1}""." & vbCrLf & ex.Message, _
            categoryName, counterName)
        Return
    End Try

    ' If the instance name is empty, use the single-instance name.
    If instanceName.Length = 0 Then
        instanceName = SINGLE_INSTANCE_NAME
    End If

    ' Check if this instance name exists using the Contains
    ' method of the InstanceDataCollection.
    If Not idCol.Contains(instanceName) Then
        Console.WriteLine( _
            "Instance ""{0}"" does not exist in counter ""{1}"", " & _
            "category ""{2}"".", instanceName, counterName, categoryName)
        Return
    Else
        ' The instance name exists, now get its InstanceData object
        ' using the indexer (Item property) for the InstanceDataCollection.
        Dim instData As InstanceData = idCol(instanceName)

        Console.WriteLine("CategoryName: {0}", categoryName)
        Console.WriteLine("CounterName:  {0}", counterName)
        Console.WriteLine("InstanceName: {0}", instData.InstanceName)
        Console.WriteLine("RawValue:     {0}", instData.RawValue)
    End If
End Sub

Remarks

The instanceName parameter is case-insensitive.