CodeClass.IsAbstract Property

public:
 property bool IsAbstract { bool get(); void set(bool value); };

public:
 property bool IsAbstract { bool get(); void set(bool value); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(62)]
public bool IsAbstract { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(62)] get; [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(62)] set; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(62)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(62)>]
[<set: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(62)>]
member this.IsAbstract : bool with get, set

Public Property IsAbstract As Boolean

Property Value

A Boolean value indicating true if the item is declared as abstract; false otherwise.

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

Examples

 Sub IsAbstractExample(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  
        ' Retrieve the CodeClass at the insertion point.  
        Dim sel As TextSelection = _  
            CType(dte.ActiveDocument.Selection, TextSelection)  
        Dim cls As CodeClass = _  
            CType(sel.ActivePoint.CodeElement( _  
            vsCMElement.vsCMElementClass), CodeClass)  

        ' Display whether the class is abstract.  
        If cls.IsAbstract Then  
            MsgBox(cls.Name & " is an abstract class.")  
        Else  
            MsgBox(cls.Name & " is not an abstract class.")  
        End If  
    Catch ex As Exception  
        MsgBox(ex.Message)  
    End Try  

End Sub  

public void IsAbstractExample(DTE2 dte)  
{  
    // Before running this example, open a code document from a project  
    // and place the insertion point inside a class definition.  
    try  
    {  
        // Retrieve the CodeClass at the insertion point.  
        TextSelection sel =   
            (TextSelection)dte.ActiveDocument.Selection;  
        CodeClass cls =   
            (CodeClass)sel.ActivePoint.get_CodeElement(  
            vsCMElement.vsCMElementClass);  

        // Display whether the class is abstract.  
        if (cls.IsAbstract)  
            MessageBox.Show(cls.Name + " is an abstract class.");  
        else  
            MessageBox.Show(cls.Name + " is not an abstract class.");  
    }  
    catch (Exception ex)  
    {  
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);  
    }  
}  

Remarks

IsAbstract returns or sets whether the class currently appears to be abstract (the class may not be declared abstract, but may be implicitly), or requires a subclass that adds method implementations that are missing due to abstract methods. For some languages this may always be False.

Applies to