List.definitionString Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.Dynamics.Ax.Xpp

Assembly:

Microsoft.Dynamics.AX.Xpp.Support.dll

Returns a description of the type of the elements in the list.

public:
 System::String ^ definitionString();

public string definitionString ();

member this.definitionString : unit -> string

Public Function definitionString () As String

Returns

String

A string that contains a definition of the list.

Remarks

For example, this method could return "list of int". To print a list of the values within the list, use the List.toString method.

The following example creates a list of integers. The definitionString method is used to print a description of the list.

{ 
    // Create a list of integers 
    List il = new List(Types::Integer); 
    // Add some elements to the list 
    il.addEnd(1); 
    il.addEnd(2); 
    il.addStart(3); 
    // Print a description ofvthe list 
    print il.definitionString(); 
    print il.toString(); 
    pause; 
}