Represents an evaluated item definition for a particular item type, divested of all references to project source code.
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.Execution.ProjectItemDefinitionInstance
Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.Execution
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build (in Microsoft.Build.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Class ProjectItemDefinitionInstance
public class ProjectItemDefinitionInstance
public ref class ProjectItemDefinitionInstance
type ProjectItemDefinitionInstance =  class end
public class ProjectItemDefinitionInstance
The ProjectItemDefinitionInstance type exposes the following members.
Properties
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| .gif) | ItemType | Gets the item type of this item definition.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. | 
| .gif) | Metadata | Gets all the metadata for this item definition. This is a read-only collection.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. | 
| .gif) | MetadataCount | Gets the number of pieces of metadata on this item definition.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. | 
| .gif) | MetadataNames | Gets an enumerator over the metadata names for this item definition. This is a read-only collection.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 | |
|---|---|---|
| .gif) | Equals | (Inherited from Object.) | 
| .gif) | Finalize | (Inherited from Object.) | 
| .gif) | GetHashCode | (Inherited from Object.) | 
| .gif) | GetMetadata | Get any metadata in this item definition with the given 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. | 
| .gif) | GetType | (Inherited from Object.) | 
| .gif) | MemberwiseClone | (Inherited from Object.) | 
| .gif) | ToString | (Inherited from Object.) | 
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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.