DebuggerDisplayAttribute Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Diagnostics

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

DebuggerDisplayAttribute.cs

Determines how a class or field is displayed in the debugger variable windows.

public ref class DebuggerDisplayAttribute sealed : Attribute

[System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Assembly | System.AttributeTargets.Class | System.AttributeTargets.Delegate | System.AttributeTargets.Enum | System.AttributeTargets.Field | System.AttributeTargets.Property | System.AttributeTargets.Struct, AllowMultiple=true)]
public sealed class DebuggerDisplayAttribute : Attribute

[<System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Assembly | System.AttributeTargets.Class | System.AttributeTargets.Delegate | System.AttributeTargets.Enum | System.AttributeTargets.Field | System.AttributeTargets.Property | System.AttributeTargets.Struct, AllowMultiple=true)>]
type DebuggerDisplayAttribute = class
    inherit Attribute

Public NotInheritable Class DebuggerDisplayAttribute
Inherits Attribute

Inheritance

Object

Attribute

DebuggerDisplayAttribute

Attributes

AttributeUsageAttribute

Examples

View the following example in Visual Studio to see the results of applying the DebuggerDisplayAttribute.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections;
using namespace System::Diagnostics;
using namespace System::Reflection;

ref class HashtableDebugView;

[DebuggerDisplay("{value}", Name = "{key}")]
ref class KeyValuePairs
{
private:
    IDictionary^ dictionary;
    Object^ key;
    Object^ value;

public:
    KeyValuePairs(IDictionary^ dictionary, Object^ key, Object^ value)
    {
        this->value = value;
        this->key = key;
        this->dictionary = dictionary;
    }
};

[DebuggerDisplay("Count = {Count}")]
[DebuggerTypeProxy(HashtableDebugView::typeid)]
ref class MyHashtable : Hashtable
{
private:
    static const String^ TestString = "This should not appear in the debug window.";

internal:
    ref class HashtableDebugView
    {
    private:
        Hashtable^ hashtable;
    public:
        static const String^ TestString = "This should appear in the debug window.";
        HashtableDebugView(Hashtable^ hashtable)
        {
            this->hashtable = hashtable;
        }

        [DebuggerBrowsable(DebuggerBrowsableState::RootHidden)]
        property array<KeyValuePairs^>^ Keys
        {
            array<KeyValuePairs^>^ get()
            {
                array<KeyValuePairs^>^ keys = gcnew array<KeyValuePairs^>(hashtable->Count);

                IEnumerator^ ie = hashtable->Keys->GetEnumerator();
                int i = 0;
                Object^ key;
                while (ie->MoveNext())
                {
                    key = ie->Current;
                    keys[i] = gcnew KeyValuePairs(hashtable, key, hashtable[key]);
                    i++;
                }
                return keys;
            }
        }
    };
};

public ref class DebugViewTest
{
private:
    // The following constant will appear in the debug window for DebugViewTest.
    static const String^ TabString = "    ";
public:
    // The following DebuggerBrowsableAttribute prevents the property following it
    // from appearing in the debug window for the class.
    [DebuggerBrowsable(DebuggerBrowsableState::Never)]
    static String^ y = "Test String";

    static void Main()
    {
        MyHashtable^ myHashTable = gcnew MyHashtable();
        myHashTable->Add("one", 1);
        myHashTable->Add("two", 2);
        Console::WriteLine(myHashTable->ToString());
        Console::WriteLine("In Main.");
    }
};

int main()
{
    DebugViewTest::Main();
}

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Reflection;

class DebugViewTest
{
    // The following constant will appear in the debug window for DebugViewTest.
    const string TabString = "    ";
    // The following DebuggerBrowsableAttribute prevents the property following it
    // from appearing in the debug window for the class.
    [DebuggerBrowsable(DebuggerBrowsableState.Never)]
    public static string y = "Test String";

    static void Main()
    {
        MyHashtable myHashTable = new MyHashtable();
        myHashTable.Add("one", 1);
        myHashTable.Add("two", 2);
        Console.WriteLine(myHashTable.ToString());
        Console.WriteLine("In Main.");
    }
}
[DebuggerDisplay("{value}", Name = "{key}")]
internal class KeyValuePairs
{
    private IDictionary dictionary;
    private object key;
    private object value;

    public KeyValuePairs(IDictionary dictionary, object key, object value)
    {
        this.value = value;
        this.key = key;
        this.dictionary = dictionary;
    }
}
[DebuggerDisplay("Count = {Count}")]
[DebuggerTypeProxy(typeof(HashtableDebugView))]
class MyHashtable : Hashtable
{
    private const string TestString = "This should not appear in the debug window.";

    internal class HashtableDebugView
    {
        private Hashtable hashtable;
        public const string TestString = "This should appear in the debug window.";
        public HashtableDebugView(Hashtable hashtable)
        {
            this.hashtable = hashtable;
        }

        [DebuggerBrowsable(DebuggerBrowsableState.RootHidden)]
        public KeyValuePairs[] Keys
        {
            get
            {
                KeyValuePairs[] keys = new KeyValuePairs[hashtable.Count];

                int i = 0;
                foreach(object key in hashtable.Keys)
                {
                    keys[i] = new KeyValuePairs(hashtable, key, hashtable[key]);
                    i++;
                }
                return keys;
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.Reflection



Class DebugViewTest
    ' The following constant will appear in the debug window for DebugViewTest.
    Const TabString As String = "    "
    ' The following DebuggerBrowsableAttribute prevents the property following it
    ' from appearing in the debug window for the class.
    <DebuggerBrowsable(DebuggerBrowsableState.Never)> _
    Public Shared y As String = "Test String"

    Shared Sub Main() 
        Dim myHashTable As New MyHashtable()
        myHashTable.Add("one", 1)
        myHashTable.Add("two", 2)
        Console.WriteLine(myHashTable.ToString())
        Console.WriteLine("In Main.")

    End Sub
End Class
<DebuggerDisplay("{value}", Name := "{key}")>  _
Friend Class KeyValuePairs
    Private dictionary As IDictionary
    Private key As Object
    Private value As Object
    
    
    Public Sub New(ByVal dictionary As IDictionary, ByVal key As Object, ByVal value As Object) 
        Me.value = value
        Me.key = key
        Me.dictionary = dictionary

    End Sub
End Class
<DebuggerDisplay("Count = {Count}"), DebuggerTypeProxy(GetType(MyHashtable.HashtableDebugView))> _
Class MyHashtable
    Inherits Hashtable
    Private Const TestString As String = "This should not appear in the debug window."

    Friend Class HashtableDebugView
        Private hashtable As Hashtable
        Public Shared TestString As String = "This should appear in the debug window."

        Public Sub New(ByVal hashtable As Hashtable)
            Me.hashtable = hashtable
        End Sub

        <DebuggerBrowsable(DebuggerBrowsableState.RootHidden)> _
        ReadOnly Property Keys as KeyValuePairs()
            Get
                Dim nkeys(hashtable.Count) as KeyValuePairs

                Dim i as Integer = 0
                For Each key As Object In hashtable.Keys
                    nkeys(i) = New KeyValuePairs(hashtable, key, hashtable(key))
                    i = i + 1
                Next
                Return nkeys
            End Get
        End Property

    End Class
End Class

Remarks

The DebuggerDisplayAttribute constructor has a single argument: a string to be displayed in the value column for instances of the type. This string can contain braces ({ and }). The text within a pair of braces is evaluated as the name of a field, property, or method. For example, the following C# code causes "Count = 4" to be displayed when the plus sign (+) is selected to expand the debugger display for an instance of MyHashtable.

[DebuggerDisplay("Count = {count}")]  
class MyHashtable  
{  
    public int count = 4;  
}  

For information about using this attribute in Visual Studio, see Using the DebuggerDisplay Attribute.

Constructors

DebuggerDisplayAttribute(String)

Initializes a new instance of the DebuggerDisplayAttribute class.

Properties

Name	Gets or sets the name to display in the debugger variable windows.
Target	Gets or sets the type of the attribute's target.
TargetTypeName	Gets or sets the type name of the attribute's target.
Type	Gets or sets the string to display in the type column of the debugger variable windows.
TypeId	When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute. (Inherited from Attribute)
Value	Gets the string to display in the value column of the debugger variable windows.

Methods

Equals(Object)	Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute)
GetHashCode()	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute)
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
IsDefaultAttribute()	When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class. (Inherited from Attribute)
Match(Object)	When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute)
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)