CodeClass.Comment Property

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Gets or sets the comment associated with the CodeClass object.

Namespace:  EnvDTE
Assembly:  EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Property Comment As String

string Comment { get; set; }

property String^ Comment {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

abstract Comment : string with get, set

function get Comment () : String 
function set Comment (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System.String
A string representing the comments associated with the CodeClass object.

Remarks

Comment sets or returns the header comment. When returned, the text does not contain any comment syntax.

The comment text is derived from the source document that contains the code element. The number of header comment lines collected will vary depending on the language in which the comments are written.

When set, Comment attempts to maintain the style of any existing comment by using line-oriented versus delimited syntax, by maintaining indentation prior to line-oriented syntax, by maintaining whether the comment touches the code element or is separated by a blank line, and so forth.

Note

The values of code model elements such as classes, structs, functions, attributes, delegates, and so forth can be non-deterministic after making certain kinds of edits, meaning that their values cannot be relied upon to always remain the same. For more information, see the section Code Model Element Values Can Change in Discovering Code by Using the Code Model (Visual Basic).

Examples

Public Sub CodeClassExample(ByVal dte As DTE2) 
    ' Before running this example, open a code document from a
    ' project and place the insertion point inside a class definition.
    Try
        Dim objTextSel As TextSelection
        Dim objCodeCls As CodeClass
        objTextSel = CType(dte.ActiveDocument.Selection, TextSelection)
        objCodeCls = CType(objTextSel.ActivePoint.CodeElement(vsCMElement.vsCMElementClass), CodeClass)
        ' Add comments to CodeClass objCodeClass - notice change in code document.
        objCodeCls.Comment = "Comments for the CodeClass object."
        ' Access top-level object through the CodeClass object
        ' and return the file name of that top-level object.
        MessageBox.Show("Top-level object's filename: " + objCodeCls.DTE.FileName)
        ' Get the language used to code the CodeClass object - returns a GUID.
        MessageBox.Show(objCodeCls.Language)
        ' Get a collection of elements contained by the CodeClass object.
        Dim members As String = "Member Elements of " + objCodeCls.Name + ": " + vbCrLf
        Dim elem As CodeElement
        For Each elem In  objCodeCls.Members
            members = members + (elem.Name + vbCrLf)
        Next elem
        MessageBox.Show(members)
    Catch ex As Exception
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
    End Try
End Sub

public void CodeClassExample(DTE2 dte)
{
   // Before running this example, open a code document from a
   // project and place the insertion point inside a class definition.
   try
   {
      TextSelection objTextSel;
      CodeClass objCodeCls;
      objTextSel = (TextSelection)dte.ActiveDocument.Selection;
      objCodeCls = (CodeClass)objTextSel.ActivePoint.get_CodeElement(vsCMElement.vsCMElementClass);
      // Add comments to CodeClass objCodeClass - notice change in code document.
      objCodeCls.Comment = "Comments for the CodeClass object.";
      // Access top-level object through the CodeClass object
      // and return the filename of that top-level object.
      MessageBox.Show("Top-level object's filename: " + objCodeCls.DTE.FileName);
      // Get the language used to code the CodeClass object - returns a GUID.
      MessageBox.Show(objCodeCls.Language);
      // Get a collection of elements contained by the CodeClass object.
      string members = "Member Elements of " + objCodeCls.Name + ": \n";
      foreach (CodeElement elem in objCodeCls.Members)
      {
         members = members + (elem.Name + "\n");
      }
      MessageBox.Show(members);
   }
   catch (Exception ex)
   {
      MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
   }
}

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See Also

Reference

CodeClass Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples

Discovering Code by Using the Code Model (Visual Basic)

Discovering Code by Using the Code Model (Visual C#)