IDebugObject
Applies to: 
Visual Studio 
Visual Studio for Mac
Note
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Important
In Visual Studio 2015, this way of implementing expression evaluators is deprecated. For information about implementing CLR expression evaluators, please see CLR Expression Evaluators and Managed Expression Evaluator Sample.
This interface represents an object that the binder creates to encapsulate the values of symbols and expressions.
Syntax
IDebugObject : IUnknown
Notes for Implementers
An expression evaluator implements this interface to represent an object.
Notes for Callers
This interface is the base class for all objects that the expression evaluator uses in parsed expressions. It is returned by a call to the Bind method. QueryInterface obtains the more specialized interfaces from this interface.
Methods in Vtable Order
The following table shows the methods of IDebugObject.
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| GetSize | Gets the size of the object. |
| GetValue | Gets the value of the object as a consecutive series of bytes. |
| SetValue | Sets the value of the object from a consecutive series of bytes. |
| SetReferenceValue | Sets the reference value of this object. |
| GetMemoryContext | Gets the memory context that represents the address of the value of the object. |
| GetManagedDebugObject | Creates a copy of the managed object in the address space of the debug engine. |
| IsNullReference | Tests whether this object is a null reference. |
| IsEqual | Compares an object to this one. |
| IsReadOnly | Determines if this object is read-only. |
| IsProxy | Determines if the object is a transparent proxy. |
Remarks
The expression evaluator uses this interface as the base class to represent objects in a parse tree.
Requirements
Header: ee.h
Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.Interop
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.Interop.dll