BuildContributor Class

Derivatives of the BuildContributor extension are executed during a project build after the project's model has been constructed and verified.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.Data.Schema.Build.BuildContributor

Namespace: Microsoft.Data.Schema.Build
Assembly: Microsoft.Data.Schema (in Microsoft.Data.Schema.dll)

'Declaration
Public Class BuildContributor _
    Implements IExtension

public class BuildContributor : IExtension

public ref class BuildContributor : IExtension

type BuildContributor =  
    class
        interface IExtension
    end

public class BuildContributor implements IExtension

The BuildContributor type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	BuildContributor	Initializes a new instance of the BuildContributor class.

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	Name	Description
	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.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	OnExecute	Called by the Visual Studio build process after the model has been built. This method provides to derived versions of this contributor an opportunity to examine the model and possibly generate additional files.
	OnPopulateArguments	Called by the Visual Studio build process when a project is loaded. This method provides a list of extensible arguments that users can specify at a command prompt to modify the project file.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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The BuildContributor class is one of the extension points for adding functionality to Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).

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