Contribution Class

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.ExtensionManagement.WebApi

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.ExtensionManagement.WebApi.dll

An individual contribution made by an extension

C#

[System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContract]
public class Contribution : Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.ExtensionManagement.WebApi.ContributionBase

Inheritance

Object

ContributionBase

Contribution

Attributes

DataContractAttribute

Constructors

Contribution()

Properties

Constraints	List of constraints (filters) that should be applied to the availability of this contribution
Description	Description of the contribution/type (Inherited from ContributionBase)
Id	Fully qualified identifier of the contribution/type (Inherited from ContributionBase)
Includes	Includes is a set of contributions that should have this contribution included in their targets list.
Properties	Properties/attributes of this contribution
RestrictedTo	List of demanded claims in order for the user to see this contribution (like anonymous, public, member...).
Targets	The ids of the contribution(s) that this contribution targets. (parent contributions)
Type	Id of the Contribution Type
VisibleTo	VisibleTo can be used to restrict whom can reference a given contribution/type. This value should be a list of publishers or extensions access is restricted too. Examples: "ms" - Means only the "ms" publisher can reference this. "ms.vss-web" - Means only the "vss-web" extension from the "ms" publisher can reference this. (Inherited from ContributionBase)

Methods

GetAssociatedObject<T>(String)

GetHashCode()

SetAssociatedObject<T>(String, T)

ToString()

Extension Methods

GetProperty<T>(Contribution, String, T, Boolean)	Get a property value for the given contribution
GetPropertyRawValue(Contribution, String)	Gets the value of a property in its raw form - with values converted from JObject/JToken into strings, numbers, arrays, dictionaries.
IsOfType(Contribution, String)	Is the contribution's type the specified contribution type
IsTargeting(Contribution, String)	Is the contribution targeting the specified contribution id

Applies to