SPElementDefinition Class
Serves as the base class for implementing element types within SharePoint Foundation.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPElementDefinition
Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPUserMigratorElement
Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Available in Sandboxed Solutions: No
Syntax
'Declaration
<SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, ObjectModel := True)> _
<SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, ObjectModel := True)> _
Public Class SPElementDefinition
'Usage
Dim instance As SPElementDefinition
[SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, ObjectModel = true)]
[SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, ObjectModel = true)]
public class SPElementDefinition
Remarks
Custom element types must derive from the SPElementDefinition class.
Use the GetElementDefinitions method of the SPFeatureDefinition class to return the collection of element definitions that are used in a Feature definition.
Examples
The following example iterates through all the Features in a site collection and uses the GetElementDefinitions method to return all the element definitions of the Features.
Dim site As New SPSite("https://localhost")
Dim featureCollection As SPFeatureCollection = site.Features
Dim feature As SPFeature
For Each feature In featureCollection
Dim featureDefinition As SPFeatureDefinition = feature.Definition
Dim elementDefinitionCollection As SPElementDefinitionCollection = featureDefinition.GetElementDefinitions(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
Dim elementDefinition As SPElementDefinition
For Each elementDefinition In elementDefinitionCollection
Console.WriteLine(elementDefinition.Id)
Next elementDefinition
Next feature
SPSite site = new SPSite("https://localhost");
SPFeatureCollection featureCollection = site.Features;
foreach (SPFeature feature in featureCollection)
{
SPFeatureDefinition featureDefinition = feature.Definition;
SPElementDefinitionCollection elementDefinitionCollection =
featureDefinition.GetElementDefinitions(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
foreach (SPElementDefinition elementDefinition in elementDefinitionCollection)
{
Console.WriteLine(elementDefinition.Id);
}
}
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.