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LanguageService.GetSource Method (IVsTextLines)

Returns an existing Source object that contains the specified buffer of source.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package
Assemblies:   Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.9.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.9.0.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.10.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.10.0.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.11.0.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetSource ( _
    buffer As IVsTextLines _
) As Source
public Source GetSource(
    IVsTextLines buffer
)
public:
Source^ GetSource(
    IVsTextLines^ buffer
)
member GetSource : 
        buffer:IVsTextLines -> Source
public function GetSource(
    buffer : IVsTextLines
) : Source

Parameters

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.Source
If successful, returns a Source object; otherwise, returns a null value (there is no Source object in this language service that controls that set of source lines).

Remarks

The language service maintains an internal list of all Source objects created. It is this list that is searched for a Source object that contains the specified IVsTextLines object.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

LanguageService Class

GetSource Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package Namespace