Microsoft.VisualStudio.SharePoint.Features Namespace
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The Microsoft.VisualStudio.SharePoint.Features namespace contains types that you can use to access the definition of a Feature in a SharePoint project.
Interfaces
| IAddContentTypeFieldUpgradeAction |
Represents an upgrade action that adds a new field to an existing content type. |
| IApplyElementManifestsUpgradeAction |
Represents an upgrade action that provisions new feature elements. |
| ICustomFeatureActivationDependency |
Represents an existing feature on which activation of another feature depends. |
| ICustomUpgradeAction |
Represents an upgrade action that runs a feature event receiver. |
| ICustomUpgradeActionParameter |
Represents a custom upgrade action parameter. |
| ICustomUpgradeActionParameterCollection |
Represents a collection of custom upgrade action parameters. |
| IDiscreteUpgradeAction |
Represents an action that is run during the upgrade of a feature. |
| IDiscreteUpgradeActionCollection |
Represents a collection of feature upgrade actions. |
| IElement |
Represents a file associated with a feature. |
| IElementCollection |
Represents a collection of feature elements. |
| IFeature |
Represents the definition of a feature within the SharePoint project system. |
| IFeatureActivationDependency |
Represents a feature on which the activation of another feature depends. |
| IFeatureActivationDependencyCollection |
Represents a collection of feature activation dependencies. |
| IFeatureManifest |
Represents the manifest of a SharePoint feature. |
| IMapFileUpgradeAction |
Represents an upgrade action that remaps an non-customized file to a different setup path on the SharePoint Web front-end (WFE) server file system. |
| IProperty |
Represents the default value for a feature property. |
| IPropertyCollection |
Represents a collection of default values for feature properties. |
| IReferencedFeatureActivationDependency |
Represents a feature in the Visual Studio solution on which another feature depends. |
| IUpgradeAction |
Represents an action that is run during the upgrade of a feature. |
| IUpgradeActionCollection |
Represents a collection of feature upgrade actions. |
| IVersionRange |
Represents a collection of actions that is run during the upgrade of a specific version of a feature. |
Enums
| DiscreteUpgradeActionType |
Specifies the type of action to execute when upgrading a feature. |
| FeatureElementType |
Specifies how the element is treated by SharePoint when the feature is deployed. |
| FeatureScope |
Specifies the context in which a feature is activated. |
Remarks
The main type in this namespace is the IFeature interface. An IFeature object represents the definition of a particular Feature in a SharePoint project, including the Feature manifest. To access an IFeature object, first use the Microsoft.VisualStudio.SharePoint.ISharePointProject.Features property to get an ISharePointProjectFeature object. Then, use the Microsoft.VisualStudio.SharePoint.ISharePointProjectFeature.Model property to get an IFeature object.