ProjectItemDefinition Class
Represents an evaluated item definition for a particular item-type.
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Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectItemDefinition
Namespace: Microsoft.Build.Evaluation
Assembly: Microsoft.Build (in Microsoft.Build.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Class ProjectItemDefinition
public class ProjectItemDefinition
public ref class ProjectItemDefinition
type ProjectItemDefinition = class end
public class ProjectItemDefinition
The ProjectItemDefinition type exposes the following members.
Properties
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ItemType | Gets the item type of this item definition.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. |
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Metadata | Gets an enumerator over all metadata for the item definition. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. |
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MetadataCount | Gets the count of the metadata on the item definition.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. |
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Project | Gets the project that contains this item definition. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. |
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Methods
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Equals | (Inherited from Object.) |
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Finalize | (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetHashCode | (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetMetadata | Get any metadata in the item definition with the given name.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. |
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GetMetadataValue | Get the value of any metadata in the item that has the specified name.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. |
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GetType | (Inherited from Object.) |
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MemberwiseClone | (Inherited from Object.) |
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SetMetadataValue | Sets the value of the given metadata in the item definition.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. |
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ToString | (Inherited from Object.) |
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Remarks
Item definitions are not the same as items. Like items, item definitions can have metadata. Like properties, new metadata can override old metadata with the same name.
During evaluation, all the item definitions for an item type are collected together (assuming their conditions are true) to create one ProjectItemDefinition for each type. For this reason, a project item definition can refer to more than one project item definition element. The metadata within a project item definition, however, refers to a single project metadata element, which can be added, removed, and modified.
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.