TaskItem.CopyMetadataTo(ITaskItem) 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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Copy the metadata (but not the ItemSpec) to destinationItem. If a particular metadata already exists on the destination item, then it is not overwritten -- the original value wins.

public:
 virtual void CopyMetadataTo(Microsoft::Build::Framework::ITaskItem ^ destinationItem);

public void CopyMetadataTo (Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITaskItem destinationItem);

abstract member CopyMetadataTo : Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITaskItem -> unit
override this.CopyMetadataTo : Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITaskItem -> unit

Public Sub CopyMetadataTo (destinationItem As ITaskItem)

Parameters

destinationItem: ITaskItem

The item to copy metadata to.

Implements

CopyMetadataTo(ITaskItem)

Remarks

If the metadata already exists on the destination item, then it is not overwritten. The original metadata value supersedes the copied metadata value.

This method does not copy the item specification to the destination task item.

Applies to