SymbolDisplay.ToDisplayString(ISymbol, SymbolDisplayFormat) Method

Definition

Displays a symbol in the Visual Basic style, based on a SymbolDisplayFormat.

public static string ToDisplayString (Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.ISymbol symbol, Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.SymbolDisplayFormat format = default);
static member ToDisplayString : Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.ISymbol * Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.SymbolDisplayFormat -> string
Public Function ToDisplayString (symbol As ISymbol, Optional format As SymbolDisplayFormat = Nothing) As String

Parameters

symbol
ISymbol

The symbol to be displayed.

format
SymbolDisplayFormat

The formatting options to apply. If Nothing is passed, VisualBasicErrorMessageFormat will be used.

Returns

A formatted string that can be displayed to the user.

Remarks

The return value is not expected to be syntactically valid Visual Basic.

Applies to