BuildItem.MetadataCount Property

Gets the number of metadata set on the item

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Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build.Engine (in Microsoft.Build.Engine.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property MetadataCount As Integer
public int MetadataCount { get; }
public:
property int MetadataCount {
    int get ();
}
member MetadataCount : int with get
function get MetadataCount () : int

Property Value

Type: System.Int32
An integer representing the number of metadata items.

Remarks

The value returned by MetadataCount includes pre-defined or reserved item-spec modifiers as well as other metadata.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

BuildItem Class

Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine Namespace