ProjectItemDefinition Class

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.Build.Evaluation

Assembly:

Microsoft.Build.dll

Package:

Microsoft.Build v17.9.5

An evaluated item definition for a particular item-type.

public ref class ProjectItemDefinition

public class ProjectItemDefinition

type ProjectItemDefinition = class

Public Class ProjectItemDefinition

Inheritance

Object

ProjectItemDefinition

Remarks

Note that these are somewhat different to items. Like items, they can have metadata; like properties, the metadata can override each other. So during evaluation all the item definitions for a type are rolled together (assuming their conditions are true) to create one ProjectItemDefinition for each type. For this reason, the ProjectItemDefinition often will not point to a single ProjectItemDefinitionElement. The metadata within, however, will each point to a single ProjectMetadataElement, and these can be added, removed, and modified.

Properties

ItemType	Type of this item definition.
Metadata	Metadata on the item definition. If there is no metadata, returns empty collection. This is a read-only collection.
MetadataCount	Count of metadata on the item definition.
Project	Project that this item lives in. ProjectDefinitions always live in a project.

Methods

GetMetadata(String)	Get any metadata in the item that has the specified name, otherwise returns null
GetMetadataValue(String)	Get the value of any metadata in the item that has the specified name, otherwise returns null
SetMetadataValue(String, String)	Sets a new metadata value on the ItemDefinition.