Declarations.GetDescription(Int32) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.14.0.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.15.0.dll

Package:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.15.0 v17.12.40392

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When implemented in a derived class, gets a description of the specified item.

public:
 abstract System::String ^ GetDescription(int index);

public:
 abstract Platform::String ^ GetDescription(int index);

 abstract std::wstring GetDescription(int index);

public abstract string GetDescription (int index);

abstract member GetDescription : int -> string

Public MustOverride Function GetDescription (index As Integer) As String

Parameters

index: Int32

[in] The index of the item for which to get the description.

Returns

String

If successful, returns the description; otherwise, returns null.

Remarks

If an item does not contain a description, an empty string can be returned. A description can be obtained from the source during the parsing operation, typically from a comment before or after the parsed item. Sometimes the description can simply be the type of the declaration; for example, an integer variable could have a description of simply "integer" or "int".

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