ManagementClass.Derive(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Management

Assembly:

System.Management.dll

Package:

System.Management v8.0.0

Source:

ManagementClass.cs

Derives a new class from this class.

public:
 System::Management::ManagementClass ^ Derive(System::String ^ newClassName);

public System.Management.ManagementClass Derive (string newClassName);

member this.Derive : string -> System.Management.ManagementClass

Public Function Derive (newClassName As String) As ManagementClass

Parameters

newClassName

String

The name of the new class to be derived.

Returns

ManagementClass

A new ManagementClass that represents a new WMI class derived from the original class.

Examples

The following example shows how to initialize a ManagementClass variable with a ManagementClass constructor and then create a derived instance of a WMI class.

using System;
using System.Management;

public class Sample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        ManagementClass existingClass =
            new ManagementClass("CIM_Service");
        ManagementClass newClass = existingClass.Derive("My_Service");
        newClass.Put(); //to commit the new class to the WMI repository.
    }
}

Imports System.Management


Class Sample
    Public Overloads Shared Function _
        Main(ByVal args() As String) As Integer

        Dim existingClass As New ManagementClass("CIM_Service")
        Dim newClass As ManagementClass

        newClass = existingClass.Derive("My_Service")
        newClass.Put()  'to commit the new class to the WMI repository.

    End Function
End Class

Remarks

Note that the newly returned class has not been committed until the Put() method is explicitly called.

.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.