PropertyDataCollection Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Management

Assembly:

System.Management.dll

Package:

System.Management v11.0.0-preview.3.26207.106

Source:

PropertySet.cs

Represents the set of properties of a WMI object.

public ref class PropertyDataCollection : System::Collections::ICollection

public class PropertyDataCollection : System.Collections.ICollection

type PropertyDataCollection = class
    interface ICollection
    interface IEnumerable

Public Class PropertyDataCollection
Implements ICollection

Inheritance

Object

PropertyDataCollection

Implements

ICollection IEnumerable

Examples

The following example lists information about the Win32_OperatingSystem class using the PropertyData class. For more information about Win32_OperatingSystem, see the Windows Management Instrumentation documentation.

using System;
using System.Management;

public class Sample
{
    public static void Main()
    {

        // Get the WMI class
        ManagementClass osClass =
            new ManagementClass("Win32_OperatingSystem");

        osClass.Options.UseAmendedQualifiers = true;

        // Get the Properties in the class
        PropertyDataCollection properties =
            osClass.Properties;

        // display the Property names
        Console.WriteLine("Property Name: ");
        foreach (PropertyData property in properties)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(
                "---------------------------------------");
            Console.WriteLine(property.Name);
            Console.WriteLine("Description: " +
                property.Qualifiers["Description"].Value);
            Console.WriteLine();

            Console.WriteLine("Type: ");
            Console.WriteLine(property.Type);

            Console.WriteLine();

            Console.WriteLine("Qualifiers: ");
            foreach(QualifierData q in
                property.Qualifiers)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(q.Name);
            }
            Console.WriteLine();

            foreach (ManagementObject c in osClass.GetInstances())
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Value: ");
                Console.WriteLine(
                    c.Properties[property.Name.ToString()].Value);

                Console.WriteLine();
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Management


Public Class Sample
    Public Overloads Shared Function _
        Main(ByVal args() As String) As Integer

        ' Get the WMI class
        Dim osClass As ManagementClass = _
            New ManagementClass("Win32_OperatingSystem")

        osClass.Options.UseAmendedQualifiers = True

        ' Get the Properties in the class
        Dim properties As PropertyDataCollection = _
            osClass.Properties

        ' display the Property names
        Console.WriteLine("Property Name: ")
        For Each p As PropertyData In properties

            Console.WriteLine( _
                "---------------------------------------")
            Console.WriteLine(p.Name)
            Console.WriteLine("Description: " & _
                p.Qualifiers("Description").Value)
            Console.WriteLine()

            Console.WriteLine("Type: ")
            Console.WriteLine(p.Type)

            Console.WriteLine()

            Console.WriteLine("Qualifiers: ")
            For Each q As QualifierData In _
                p.Qualifiers

                Console.WriteLine(q.Name)
            Next
            Console.WriteLine()

            For Each c As ManagementObject In osClass.GetInstances()

                Console.WriteLine("Value: ")
                Console.WriteLine( _
                    c.Properties(p.Name.ToString()).Value)

                Console.WriteLine()
            Next
        Next

    End Function
End Class

Properties

Name	Description
Count	Gets the number of objects in the PropertyDataCollection.
IsSynchronized	Gets a value indicating whether the object is synchronized.
Item[String]	Gets the specified property from the PropertyDataCollection, using [] syntax. This property is the indexer for the PropertyDataCollection class.
SyncRoot	Gets the object to be used for synchronization.

Methods

Name	Description
Add(String, CimType, Boolean)	Adds a new PropertyData with no assigned value.
Add(String, Object, CimType)	Adds a new PropertyData with the specified value and Common Information Model (CIM) type.
Add(String, Object)	Adds a new PropertyData with the specified value. The value cannot be null and must be convertible to a Common Information Model (CIM) type.
CopyTo(Array, Int32)	Copies the PropertyDataCollection into an array.
CopyTo(PropertyData[], Int32)	Copies the PropertyDataCollection to a specialized PropertyData object array.
GetEnumerator()	Returns the enumerator for this PropertyDataCollection.
Remove(String)	Removes a PropertyData from the PropertyDataCollection.

Explicit Interface Implementations

Name	Description
IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()	Returns an IEnumerator that iterates through the PropertyDataCollection.