Symbol Provider Interfaces

The following are the Symbol Handling Interfaces for the Visual Studio SDK.

Discussion

These interfaces are used to evaluate variables in a call stack during break mode. They are implemented only for common language runtime symbol providers (SP).

Interface	Implemented by	Description
IDebugAddress	SP	Represents the address of an item.
IDebugAddress2	SP	Represents the address of an item, providing access to the process ID.
IDebugArrayField	SP	Represents an array symbol or array type.
IDebugClassField	SP	Represents a class symbol or class type.
IDebugComPlusSymbolProvider	SP	Represents a COM+ symbol provider with methods that are specific to managed code.
IDebugComPlusSymbolProvider2	SP	Represents a COM+ symbol provider with methods that are specific to managed code and extends the IDebugComPlusSymbolProvider.
IDebugContainerField	SP	Represents a symbol or type that is a container for other symbols or types.
IDebugCustomAttribute	SP	Represents a custom attribute that can be attached to a symbol.
IDebugCustomAttributeQuery	SP	Represents a query for custom attributes on a method or type.
IDebugCustomAttributeQuery2	SP	Provides access to custom attributes on a symbol.
IDebugDynamicField	SP	The base interface for any type that can be determined at runtime.
IDebugDynamicFieldCOMPlus	SP	Represents a dynamic field for an IDebugBinder object.
IDebugEnumField	SP	Represents an enumeration type.
IDebugExtendedField	Sp	Extends the types of available fields to support managed code generics.
IDebugField	SP	The base class for all fields; represents a description of a symbol or type.
IDebugGenericFieldDefinition	SP	Represents the definition of a field for a managed code generic type.
IDebugGenericFieldInstance	SP	Represents an instance of a field for a managed code generic type.
IDebugGenericParamField	SP	Represents a parameter for a managed code generic type.
IDebugMethodField	SP	Represents a method.
IDebugModOpt	SP	Represents a debug optional modifier.
IDebugPointerField	SP	Represents a pointer.
IDebugPrimitiveTypeField	SP	Represents a primitive type enumeration value from an IDebugField interface.
IDebugPropertyField	SP	Represents a property of a managed code class that can be get or set.
IDebugSymbolProvider	SP	Represents a symbol provider that provides symbols and types.
IDebugSymbolProviderDirect	SP	Represents a symbol provider with direct access to metadata and core symbol interfaces.
IDebugTypeFieldBuilder	SP	Represents the ability to create a field that represents a type.
IDebugTypeFieldBuilder2	SP	Extends the IDebugTypeFieldBuilder to be able to create array types.
IEnumDebugAddresses	SP	Represents a collection of IDebugAddress objects.
IEnumDebugCustomAttributes	SP	Represents a collection of IDebugCustomAttribute objects.
IEnumDebugFields	SP	Represents a collection of IDebugField objects.

See also

• API Reference