WorkItem Class

Represents a work item on Team Foundation Server.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.WorkItem

Namespace:  Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client
Assembly:  Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client (in Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.dll)

Syntax

'Déclaration
Public NotInheritable Class WorkItem

public sealed class WorkItem

public ref class WorkItem sealed

[<Sealed>]
type WorkItem =  class end

public final class WorkItem

The WorkItem type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	WorkItem	Initializes a new instance of the WorkItem class of the specified WorkItemType.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	AreaId	Gets or sets the integer value of the AreaId field for this work item.
	AreaPath	Gets or sets the string value of the AreaPath field for this work item.
	AttachedFileCount	Gets the number of attached files for this work item.
	Attachments	Gets the AttachmentCollection object that represents the attachments that belong to this work item.
	ChangedBy	Gets the string value of the ChangedBy field for this work item.
	ChangedDate	Gets the DateTime object that represents the date and time that this work item was last changed.
	CreatedBy	Gets the string value of the CreatedBy field for this work item.
	CreatedDate	Gets the DateTime object that represents the date and time that this work item was created.
	Description	Gets or sets a string that describes this work item.
	DisplayForm	Gets the display form that is associated with this work item.
	ExternalLinkCount	Gets the number of external links in this work item.
	Fields	Gets the FieldCollection object that contains the Fields of this work item.
	History	Gets or sets the string value of the History field for this work item.
	HyperLinkCount	Gets the number of hyperlinks in this work item.
	Id	Gets the ID of this work item.
	IsDirty	Gets a flag that describes whether this work item has been changed since its last save.
	IsNew	Gets a flag that describes whether this work item is new.
	IsOpen	Gets a flag that describes whether this work item is currently open for edit.
	IsPartialOpen	Gets a flag that describes whether the work item is partially opened.
	IsReadOnly	Gets a flag that describes whether the work item is read-only.
	IsReadOnlyOpen	Gets a flag that describes whether the work item is open as read-only.
	Item[String]	Gets or sets the value of a field in this work item that is specified by the field name.
	Item[CoreField]	Gets or sets the value of a field in this work item that is specified by the field ID.
	IterationId	Gets or sets the integer value of the IterationId field of this work item.
	IterationPath	Gets or sets the string value of the IterationPath field of this work item.
	Links	Gets the collection of the links in this work item.
	NodeName	Gets or sets the string value of the NodeName field of this work item.
	Project	Gets the current project that is associated with this work item.
	Reason	Gets or sets the string value of the Reason field for this work item.
	RelatedLinkCount	Gets the number of related links of this work item.
	Rev	Gets the integer that represents the revision number of this work item.
	RevisedDate	Gets a DateTime object that represents the revision date and time of this work item.
	Revision	Gets the integer that represents the revision number of this work item.
	Revisions	Gets a RevisionCollection object that represents a collection of valid revision numbers for this work item.
	State	Gets or sets a string that describes the state of this work item.
	Store	Gets the WorkItemStore to which this work item belongs.
	TemporaryId	Gets the temporary ID of this work item.
	Title	Gets or sets a string that describes the title of this work item.
	Type	Gets a WorkItemType object that represents the type of this work item.
	Uri	Gets the uniform resource identifier (Uri) of this work item.
	WorkItemLinkHistory	Gets a WorkItemLinkCollection object that represents a collection of the WorkItemLinks that link to this work item now or linked to it in the past.
	WorkItemLinks	Gets a WorkItemLinkCollection object that represents a collection of the WorkItemLinks that currently link to this work item.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Close	Closes this WorkItem instance and frees memory that is associated with it.
	Copy()	Creates a copy of this WorkItem instance.
	Copy(WorkItemType)	Creates a copy of this WorkItem instance that is of the specified WorkItemType.
	Copy(WorkItemType, WorkItemCopyFlags)	Creates a copy of this WorkItem instance that is of the specified WorkItemType.
	Equals	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetNextState	Gets the next state of this work item based on the action of a user.
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	IsValid	Validates the fields of this work item.
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Open	Opens this work item for modification.
	PartialOpen	Opens this work item for modification when transmitting minimal amounts of data over the network.
	Reset	Reverts all changes that were made since the last save.
	Save()	Saves any pending changes on this work item.
	Save(SaveFlags)	Saves any pending changes on this work item.
	SyncToLatest	Synchronizes the work item to the latest revision.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Validate	Gets an ArrayList of fields in this work item that are not valid.

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Events

	Name	Description
	FieldChanged	Occurs when a field is updated in this WorkItem instance.

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Remarks

The following methods to access the fields and field values are available:

• WorkItem["field-name"] gets/sets the value of a field.

• WorkItem.Fields["field-name"] gets/sets the field, not the value.

• WorkItem.Fields["field-name"].Value gets/sets the value of the field.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client Namespace