CodeClass.Bases Property

Gets a collection of classes from which this item derives.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Bases As CodeElements

CodeElements Bases { get; }

property CodeElements^ Bases {
    CodeElements^ get ();
}

abstract Bases : CodeElements

function get Bases () : CodeElements

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.CodeElements
A CodeElements collection.

Remarks

Bases are super types of CodeElements. For Visual Basic and Visual C# there is always only one element in the collection except when the code type is a CodeInterface.

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 BasesExample(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)

        ' Enumerate the CodeClass's bases.
        Dim bases As String = ""
        Dim elem As CodeElement
        For Each elem In cls.Bases
            bases &= elem.FullName & vbCrLf
        Next

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

End Sub

public void BasesExample(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);

        // Enumerate the CodeClass's bases.
        string bases = "";
        foreach (CodeElement elem in cls.Bases)
        {
           bases += elem.FullName + Environment.NewLine;
        }

        MessageBox.Show(cls.Name + " has the following bases:" + 
            Environment.NewLine + Environment.NewLine + bases);
    }
    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

CodeClass 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#)