CodeElement2 Interface

Represents a code element or construct in a source file.

Namespace:  EnvDTE80
Assembly:  EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("F03DCCE8-233B-43D7-A66B-A66EFC1F85C3")> _
Public Interface CodeElement2 _
    Inherits CodeElement

[GuidAttribute("F03DCCE8-233B-43D7-A66B-A66EFC1F85C3")]
public interface CodeElement2 : CodeElement

[GuidAttribute(L"F03DCCE8-233B-43D7-A66B-A66EFC1F85C3")]
public interface class CodeElement2 : CodeElement

[<GuidAttribute("F03DCCE8-233B-43D7-A66B-A66EFC1F85C3")>]
type CodeElement2 =  
    interface 
        interface CodeElement 
    end

public interface CodeElement2 extends CodeElement

The CodeElement2 type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Children	Gets a collection of objects contained within this CodeElement2.
	Collection	Gets the CodeElements collection containing the CodeElement2 that supports this property.
	DTE	Gets the top-level extensibility object.
	ElementID	Gets a value that uniquely identifies the element. Not implemented in Visual C#.
	EndPoint	Gets the text point that is the location of the end of the code item.
	Extender	Returns the requested Extender if it is available for this CodeElement2 object. Not implemented in Visual C#.
	ExtenderCATID	Gets the Extender category ID (CATID) for the CodeElement2 object. Not implemented in Visual C#.
	ExtenderNames	Gets a list of available Extenders for the CodeElement2 object. Not implemented in Visual C#.
	FullName	Gets the full path and name of the CodeElement2 object's file.
	InfoLocation	Gets the capabilities of the code model.
	IsCodeType	Gets whether or not a CodeType object can be obtained from the CodeElement2 object.
	Kind	Gets an enumeration that defines the type of code element.
	Language	Gets the programming language that is used to author the CodeElement2.
	Name	Gets or sets the name of the CodeElement2 object.
	ProjectItem	Gets the ProjectItem object associated with the CodeElement object.
	StartPoint	Gets a TextPoint object that defines the beginning of the CodeElement2.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	GetEndPoint	Gets a TextPoint object that marks the end of the code element definition.
	GetStartPoint	Gets a TextPoint object that marks the beginning of the code element definition.
	RenameSymbol	Changes the declared name of an object and updates all code references to the object within the scope of the current project.

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Remarks

A code element can be any fragment of code, but generally, there is a CodeElement2 object for each definition or declarative syntax in a language. This means that for most top-level definitions or declarations in a file, or for any syntactic form in a class definition, and so forth, there is a corresponding CodeElement2 object.

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

[Visual Basic]

Sub IsCodeTypeExample(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 = vsCMElement.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

[C#]

public void IsCodeTypeExample(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:" + 
        Environment.NewLine + Environment.NewLine + 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() + "]" + 
            Environment.NewLine);

        // 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);
    }
}

See Also

Reference

EnvDTE80 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#)