VBCodeProvider.GenerateCodeFromMember Method

Definition

Generates code for the specified class member using the specified text writer and code generator options.

C#
public override void GenerateCodeFromMember(System.CodeDom.CodeTypeMember member, System.IO.TextWriter writer, System.CodeDom.Compiler.CodeGeneratorOptions options);

Parameters

member
CodeTypeMember

A CodeTypeMember to generate code for.

writer
TextWriter

The TextWriter to write to.

options
CodeGeneratorOptions

The CodeGeneratorOptions to use when generating the code.

Examples

The following code example shows the use of the GenerateCodeFromMember method to create a code fragment to be used in a CodeDOM graph. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the GenerateCodeFromMember method of the CodeDomProvider class.

C#
static void GenCodeFromMember(CodeDomProvider provider, CodeGeneratorOptions options)
{
    options.BracingStyle = "C";
    CodeMemberMethod method1 = new CodeMemberMethod();
    method1.Name = "ReturnString";
    method1.Attributes = MemberAttributes.Public;
    method1.ReturnType = new CodeTypeReference("System.String");
    method1.Parameters.Add(new CodeParameterDeclarationExpression("System.String", "text"));
    method1.Statements.Add(new CodeMethodReturnStatement(new CodeArgumentReferenceExpression("text")));
    StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
    provider.GenerateCodeFromMember(method1, sw, options);
    snippetMethod = new CodeSnippetTypeMember(sw.ToString());
}

Remarks

Members are generated differently depending on their context. For example, a method in an interface or a field in an enumeration is generated differently than a method or field on a class. This implementation generates code for a member in the class context.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET 8 (package-provided), 9 (package-provided), 10 (package-provided)
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0 (package-provided)
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

See also