IClassificationType Interface

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Classification

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Logic.dll

The logical classification type of a span of text.

public interface class IClassificationType

public interface class IClassificationType

__interface IClassificationType

public interface IClassificationType

type IClassificationType = interface

Public Interface IClassificationType

Derived

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Classification.ILayeredClassificationType

Remarks

All classification types are identified by a unique name. The IClassificationTypeRegistryService can return an IClassificationType object from this unique name in order to allow clients to access additional information.

Classification types can multiply inherit by stacking ClassificationTypeAttribute attributes./>

ILayeredClassificationType can be used instead of IClassificationType to enable one component's classifications to categorically supersede another's classifications.

Properties

BaseTypes	Gets the classification types from which the current IClassificationType is derived.
Classification	Gets the name of the classification type.

Methods

IsOfType(String)

Determines whether the current IClassificationType derives from the classification type named type.