RequiresProvidesDirectiveProcessor.ProvideUniqueId Method

Provides an ID that identifies a call to the directive processor.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating.11.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Protected Overridable Function ProvideUniqueId ( _
    directiveName As String, _
    arguments As IDictionary(Of String, String), _
    requiresArguments As IDictionary(Of String, String), _
    providesArguments As IDictionary(Of String, String) _
) As String
protected virtual string ProvideUniqueId(
    string directiveName,
    IDictionary<string, string> arguments,
    IDictionary<string, string> requiresArguments,
    IDictionary<string, string> providesArguments
)
protected:
virtual String^ ProvideUniqueId(
    String^ directiveName, 
    IDictionary<String^, String^>^ arguments, 
    IDictionary<String^, String^>^ requiresArguments, 
    IDictionary<String^, String^>^ providesArguments
)
abstract ProvideUniqueId : 
        directiveName:string * 
        arguments:IDictionary<string, string> * 
        requiresArguments:IDictionary<string, string> * 
        providesArguments:IDictionary<string, string> -> string  
override ProvideUniqueId : 
        directiveName:string * 
        arguments:IDictionary<string, string> * 
        requiresArguments:IDictionary<string, string> * 
        providesArguments:IDictionary<string, string> -> string
protected function ProvideUniqueId(
    directiveName : String, 
    arguments : IDictionary<String, String>, 
    requiresArguments : IDictionary<String, String>, 
    providesArguments : IDictionary<String, String>
) : String

Parameters

  • directiveName
    Type: String

    The name of the directive.

  • arguments
    Type: IDictionary<String, String>

    The arguments that were passed to the ProcessDirective method that is calling this method.

  • requiresArguments
    Type: IDictionary<String, String>

    The standard parameters that the directive processor requires.

  • providesArguments
    Type: IDictionary<String, String>

    The standard parameters that the directive processor provides.

Return Value

Type: String
A String that contains a unique ID for a call to the directive processor.

Remarks

A text template can contain more than one call to the same directive or to different directives in the same directive processor. This method provides a unique ID for each directive call, which the directive processor can use when calling ResolveParameterValue.

Directive processors can use one of their provides parameters to specify the unique ID. The arguments parameters are searched first for the unique ID, and the providesArguments parameters are searched second. If no unique ID is found, directiveName is used as the unique ID.

This method is called by ProcessDirective.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

RequiresProvidesDirectiveProcessor Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating Namespace

InitializeProvidesDictionary

InitializeRequiresDictionary

ProcessDirective