TaskItem.GetMetadata(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Build.Utilities

Assembly:: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.dll

Assemblies:: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.dll, Microsoft.Build.Utilities.v3.5.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.v4.0.dll

Package:: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core v15.9.20

Package:: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core v16.11.0

Package:: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core v17.9.5

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Retrieves one of the arbitrary metadata on the item. If not found, returns empty string.

public:
 virtual System::String ^ GetMetadata(System::String ^ metadataName);

public string GetMetadata (string metadataName);

abstract member GetMetadata : string -> string
override this.GetMetadata : string -> string

Public Function GetMetadata (metadataName As String) As String

Parameters

metadataName: String

The name of the metadata to retrieve.

Returns

String

The metadata value.

Implements

GetMetadata(String)

Applies to