MethodData.Name Property

Definition

Gets the name of the method.

public:
 property System::String ^ Name { System::String ^ get(); };
public string Name { get; }
member this.Name : string
Public ReadOnly Property Name As String

Property Value

Returns a String value containing the name of the method.

Examples

The following example lists information about the Win32_Process.Create method using the MethodData class. For more information about the Win32_Process class, see the Windows Management Instrumentation documentation.

using System;
using System.Management;

public class Sample
{
    public static void Main()
    {

        // Get the WMI class
        ManagementClass processClass =
            new ManagementClass("Win32_Process");
        processClass.Options.UseAmendedQualifiers = true;

        // Get the methods in the class
        MethodDataCollection methods =
            processClass.Methods;

        // display the method names
        Console.WriteLine("Method Name: ");
        foreach (MethodData method in methods)
        {
            if(method.Name.Equals("Create"))
            {
                Console.WriteLine(method.Name);
                Console.WriteLine("Description: " +
                    method.Qualifiers["Description"].Value);
                Console.WriteLine();

                Console.WriteLine("In-parameters: ");
                foreach(PropertyData i in
                    method.InParameters.Properties)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(i.Name);
                }
                Console.WriteLine();

                Console.WriteLine("Out-parameters: ");
                foreach(PropertyData o in
                    method.OutParameters.Properties)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(o.Name);
                }
                Console.WriteLine();

                Console.WriteLine("Qualifiers: ");
                foreach(QualifierData q in
                    method.Qualifiers)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(q.Name);
                }
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
        }
    }
}
Imports System.Management


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

        ' Get the WMI class
        Dim processClass As ManagementClass = _
            New ManagementClass("Win32_Process")
        processClass.Options.UseAmendedQualifiers = True

        ' Get the methods in the class
        Dim methods As MethodDataCollection = _
            processClass.Methods

        ' display the method names
        Console.WriteLine("Method Name: ")
        For Each method As MethodData In methods

            If (method.Name.Equals("Create")) Then

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

                Console.WriteLine("In-parameters: ")
                For Each i As PropertyData In _
                    method.InParameters.Properties

                    Console.WriteLine(i.Name)
                Next
                Console.WriteLine()

                Console.WriteLine("Out-parameters: ")
                For Each o As PropertyData In _
                    method.OutParameters.Properties

                    Console.WriteLine(o.Name)
                Next
                Console.WriteLine()

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

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

            End If
        Next

    End Function 'Main
End Class

Remarks

Property Value

The name of the method.

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

Applies to