FileCodeModel.AddClass Method

Creates a new class code construct and inserts the code in the correct location.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function AddClass ( _
    Name As String, _
    Position As Object, _
    Bases As Object, _
    ImplementedInterfaces As Object, _
    Access As vsCMAccess _
) As CodeClass

CodeClass AddClass(
    string Name,
    Object Position,
    Object Bases,
    Object ImplementedInterfaces,
    vsCMAccess Access
)

CodeClass^ AddClass(
    String^ Name, 
    Object^ Position, 
    Object^ Bases, 
    Object^ ImplementedInterfaces, 
    vsCMAccess Access
)

abstract AddClass : 
        Name:string * 
        Position:Object * 
        Bases:Object * 
        ImplementedInterfaces:Object * 
        Access:vsCMAccess -> CodeClass 

function AddClass(
    Name : String, 
    Position : Object, 
    Bases : Object, 
    ImplementedInterfaces : Object, 
    Access : vsCMAccess
) : CodeClass

Parameters

• Name
  Type: System.String
  Required. The name of the class.

• Position
  Type: System.Object
  Optional. Default = 0. The code element after which to add the new element. If the value is a CodeElement, then the new element is added immediately after it.
  If the value is a Long data type, then AddClass indicates the element after which to add the new element.
  Because collections begin their count at 1, passing 0 indicates that the new element should be placed at the beginning of the collection. A value of -1 means the element should be placed at the end.

• Bases
  Type: System.Object
  Optional. Default = 0. A SafeArray of fully qualified type names or CodeClass objects from which the new class inherits its implementations.

• ImplementedInterfaces
  Type: System.Object
  Optional. Default = 0. A SafeArray of fully qualified type names or CodeInterface objects, each representing an interface that the new class promises to implement.

• Access
  Type: EnvDTE.vsCMAccess
  Optional. A vsCMAccess constant.

Return Value

Type: EnvDTE.CodeClass
A CodeClass object.

Remarks

The correctness of the arguments is determined by the language behind the code model.

Examples

Sub AddClassExample2(ByVal dte As DTE2)

    ' Before running this example, open a code document from a project.
    Try
        Dim projItem As ProjectItem = dte.ActiveDocument.ProjectItem
        Dim cm As CodeModel = projItem.ContainingProject.CodeModel

        ' Initialize the base classes array and the implemented 
        ' interfaces array.
        Dim bases() As Object = {ConvertFullName(cm, "System.Object")}
        Dim interfaces() As Object = { _
            ConvertFullName(cm, "System.IDisposable"), _
            ConvertFullName(cm, "System.IComparable") _
        }

        ' Create a new class.
        projItem.FileCodeModel.AddClass("TestClass", , bases, _
            interfaces)
    Catch ex As Exception
        MsgBox(ex.Message)
    End Try

End Sub

Function ConvertFullName(ByVal cm As CodeModel, _
    ByVal fullName As String) As String

    ' Convert a .NET type name into a C++ type name.
    If (cm.Language = CodeModelLanguageConstants.vsCMLanguageVC) Or _
        (cm.Language = CodeModelLanguageConstants.vsCMLanguageMC) Then
        Return fullName.Replace(".", "::")
    Else
        Return fullName
    End If

End Function

public void AddClassExample2(DTE2 dte)
{
    // Before running this example, open a code document from 
    // a project.
    try
    {
        ProjectItem projItem = dte.ActiveDocument.ProjectItem;
        CodeModel cm = projItem.ContainingProject.CodeModel;

        // Initialize the base classes array and the implemented 
        // interfaces array.
        object[] bases = {ConvertFullName(cm, "System.Object")};
        object[] interfaces = {
            ConvertFullName(cm, "System.IDisposable"),
            ConvertFullName(cm, "System.IComparable")
        };

        // Create a new class.
        projItem.FileCodeModel.AddClass("TestClass", -1, bases, 
            interfaces, vsCMAccess.vsCMAccessPublic);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

string ConvertFullName(CodeModel cm, string fullName)
{
    // Convert a .NET type name into a C++ type name.
    if ((cm.Language == CodeModelLanguageConstants.vsCMLanguageVC) || 
        (cm.Language == CodeModelLanguageConstants.vsCMLanguageMC))
        return fullName.Replace(".", "::");
    else
        return fullName;
}

.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

FileCodeModel Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples