TaskItem.Explicit(TaskItem to String) Operator

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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This allows an explicit typecast from a "TaskItem" to a "string", returning the escaped ItemSpec for this item.

public:
 static explicit operator System::String ^(Microsoft::Build::Utilities::TaskItem ^ taskItemToCast);

public static explicit operator string (Microsoft.Build.Utilities.TaskItem taskItemToCast);

static member op_Explicit : Microsoft.Build.Utilities.TaskItem -> string

Public Shared Narrowing Operator CType (taskItemToCast As TaskItem) As String

Parameters

taskItemToCast: TaskItem

The item to operate on.

Returns

String

The item-spec of the item.

Remarks

The equivalent method for this operator is TaskItem.ToString()

Applies to