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CachedDataItem.DataType Property (2003 System)

Gets or sets the assembly-qualified name of the type of the cached data object.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property DataType As String
'Usage
Dim instance As CachedDataItem
Dim value As String

value = instance.DataType

instance.DataType = value
public string DataType { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The assembly-qualified name of the type of the cached data object.

Remarks

The DataType property returns an assembly-qualified name of the cached data type that is useful for creating a new instance of a custom type that is in the data cache. For example, you can get the Type of a custom data type by passing the assembly-qualified type name to the GetType method. You can then create an instance of the custom type by passing this Type as a parameter to the Activator.CreateInstance method.

For details on the format of the assembly-qualified type string returned by the DataType property, see the Type.AssemblyQualifiedName property.

Permissions

See Also

Reference

CachedDataItem Class

CachedDataItem Members

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime Namespace