ContentType Class
Indicates a change to an SPContentType object. Represents a Web site or list content type.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientObject
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ContentType
Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint.Client
Assemblies: Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Silverlight (in Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Silverlight.dll); Microsoft.SharePoint.Client (in Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<ScriptTypeAttribute("SP.ContentType", ServerTypeId := "{91b5bd2d-e133-486f-b727-197ce5eb2c0d}")> _
Public Class ContentType _
Inherits ClientObject
'Usage
Dim instance As ContentType
[ScriptTypeAttribute("SP.ContentType", ServerTypeId = "{91b5bd2d-e133-486f-b727-197ce5eb2c0d}")]
public class ContentType : ClientObject
Examples
This code example initializes a custom content type, adds it to the collection of content types, and displays the names of the specified website’s content types.
using System;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
namespace Microsoft.SDK.SharePointFoundation.Samples
{
class ContentTypeExample
{
static void Main()
{
string siteUrl = "http://MyServer/sites/MySiteCollection";
ClientContext clientContext = new ClientContext(siteUrl);
Web site = clientContext.Web;
ContentTypeCollection collContentType = site.ContentTypes;
// Initialize a new content type.
ContentTypeCreationInformation contentInfo = new ContentTypeCreationInformation();
contentInfo.Name = "myContentType";
contentInfo.Description = "My custom content type";
ContentType contentType = collContentType.Add(contentInfo);
clientContext.Load(collContentType);
clientContext.ExecuteQuery();
foreach (ContentType myType in collContentType)
Console.WriteLine("Content Type Name: {0}", myType.Name);
}
}
}
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.