AssemblyIdentity Class

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05/05/2015

Specifies the identity of an assembly.

MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities.AssemblyIdentity

Namespace: Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities
Assembly: Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core (in Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(False)> _
Public NotInheritable Class AssemblyIdentity

[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
public sealed class AssemblyIdentity

[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
public ref class AssemblyIdentity sealed

[<Sealed>]
[<ComVisibleAttribute(false)>]
type AssemblyIdentity =  class end

public final class AssemblyIdentity

The AssemblyIdentity type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	AssemblyIdentity()	Initializes a new instance of the AssemblyIdentity class.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	AssemblyIdentity(String)	Initializes a new instance of the AssemblyIdentity class.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	AssemblyIdentity(AssemblyIdentity)	Initializes a new instance of the AssemblyIdentity class.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	AssemblyIdentity(String, String)	Initializes a new instance of the AssemblyIdentity class.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	AssemblyIdentity(String, String, String, String)	Initializes a new instance of the AssemblyIdentity class.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	AssemblyIdentity(String, String, String, String, String)	Initializes a new instance of the AssemblyIdentity class.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	AssemblyIdentity(String, String, String, String, String, String)	Initializes a new instance of the AssemblyIdentity class.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Culture	Gets or sets the culture of the assembly.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	IsFrameworkAssembly	Returns True if this assembly is part of the .NET Framework.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	IsNeutralPlatform	Gets a value indicating whether the assembly identity represents a neutral platform assembly.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	IsStrongName	Gets a value indicating whether the assembly identity is a strong name.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	Name	Gets or sets the simple name of the assembly.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	ProcessorArchitecture	Gets or sets the processor architecture of the assembly.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	PublicKeyToken	Gets or sets the public key token of the assembly, which is the last 8 bytes of the SHA-1 hash of the public key under which the assembly is signed.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	Type	Gets or sets the type attribute of the assembly.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	Version	Gets or sets the version of the assembly.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	XmlCulture	Infrastructure. Get or sets a property that is used to serialize the Culture property to an XML file.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	XmlName	Infrastructure. Get or sets a property that is used to serialize the Name property to an XML file.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	XmlProcessorArchitecture	Infrastructure. Get or sets a property that is used to serialize the ProcessorArchitecture property to an XML file.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	XmlPublicKeyToken	Infrastructure. Get or sets a property that is used to serialize the PublicKeyToken property to an XML file.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	XmlType	Infrastructure. Get or sets a property that is used to serialize the Type property to an XML file.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	XmlVersion	Infrastructure. Get or sets a property that is used to serialize the Version property to an XML file.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	FromAssemblyName	Parses string to obtain an assembly identity. Returns null if identity could not be obtained.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	FromFile	Obtains identity of the specified assembly. File can be a PE with an embedded xml manifest, a stand-alone xml manifest file, or a .NET assembly. Returns null if identity could not be obtained.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	FromManagedAssembly	Obtains identity of the specified .NET assembly. File must be a .NET assembly. Returns null if identity could not be obtained.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	FromManifest	Obtains identity of the specified manifest file. File must be a standalone XML manifest file. Returns null if identity could not be obtained.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	FromNativeAssembly	Obtains identity of the specified native assembly. File must be either a PE with an embedded XML manifest, or a stand-alone XML manifest file. Returns NULL if identity could not be obtained.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	GetFullName	Returns the full name of the assembly.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	IsInFramework
	ToString	Returns the full ClickOnce assembly identity.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Overrides Object.ToString().)

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Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.