CodeModel.AddInterface Method
Creates a new interface code construct and inserts the code in the correct location.
Namespace: EnvDTE
Assembly: EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Function AddInterface ( _
Name As String, _
Location As Object, _
Position As Object, _
Bases As Object, _
Access As vsCMAccess _
) As CodeInterface
CodeInterface AddInterface(
string Name,
Object Location,
Object Position,
Object Bases,
vsCMAccess Access
)
CodeInterface^ AddInterface(
String^ Name,
Object^ Location,
Object^ Position,
Object^ Bases,
vsCMAccess Access
)
abstract AddInterface :
Name:string *
Location:Object *
Position:Object *
Bases:Object *
Access:vsCMAccess -> CodeInterface
function AddInterface(
Name : String,
Location : Object,
Position : Object,
Bases : Object,
Access : vsCMAccess
) : CodeInterface
Parameters
Name
Type: System.StringRequired. The name of the interface to add.
Location
Type: System.ObjectRequired. The path and file name for the new interface definition. Depending on the language, the file name is either relative or absolute to the project file. The file is added to the project if it is not already a project item. If the file cannot be created and added to the project, then AddInterface fails.
Position
Type: System.ObjectOptional. 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 AddInterface 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 that the element should be placed at the end.
Bases
Type: System.ObjectOptional. Default value is Nothing. A variant that holds a SafeArray of fully qualified type names or CodeInterface objects from which the new interface derives.
Access
Type: EnvDTE.vsCMAccessOptional. A vsCMAccess constant.
Return Value
Type: EnvDTE.CodeInterface
A CodeInterface object.
Remarks
Native Native Visual C++ requires the colon-separated (::) format for its fully qualified type names. All other languages support the period-separated format.
The correctness of the arguments is determined by the language behind the code model.
Note
The values of code model elements such as classes, structs, functions, attributes, delegates, and so forth can be non-deterministic after making certain kinds of edits, meaning that their values cannot be relied upon to always remain the same. For more information, see the section Code Model Element Values Can Change in Discovering Code by Using the Code Model (Visual Basic).
Examples
Sub AddInterfaceExample(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 interfaces array.
Dim bases() As Object = { _
ConvertFullName(cm, "System.IDisposable"), _
ConvertFullName(cm, "System.IComparable") _
}
' Create a new class.
cm.AddInterface("TestInterface", projItem.Name, , bases)
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 AddInterfaceExample(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 interfaces array.
object[] bases = {
ConvertFullName(cm, "System.IDisposable"),
ConvertFullName(cm, "System.IComparable")
};
// Create a new class.
cm.AddInterface("TestInterface", projItem.Name, -1, bases,
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
Other Resources
How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples