Package.GetService(Type) Method
Definition
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Gets type-based services from the VSPackage service container.
protected:
virtual System::Object ^ GetService(Type ^ serviceType);protected:
virtual Platform::Object ^ GetService(Platform::Type ^ serviceType);protected virtual object GetService (Type serviceType);abstract member GetService : Type -> obj
override this.GetService : Type -> objProtected Overridable Function GetService (serviceType As Type) As ObjectParameters
- serviceType
- Type
The type of service to retrieve.
Returns
An instance of the requested service, or null if the service could not be found.
Exceptions
serviceType is null.
Remarks
Managed VSPackages can use GetService to get Environment SDK COM interfaces by querying the interop assemblies of the SDK.
To get a specific Environment SDK interface:
GetServiceshould be called with aserviceTypereturned by using that interface as an argument totypeof.The return value of
GetServicemust be cast to the interface type.
The casting is necessary because GetService searches for on the basis service type GUID with an interface type of IUnknown.
For example, one could get an IVsUIShell interface with:
myUIShell = myPackage.GetService(System.typeof(IVsUIShell)) as IVsUIShell;
Note
For historical reasons, the IVsTextManager interface cannot be obtained in this manner. To obtain an IVsTextManager interface, first use VsTextManagerClass (the class implementing the interface) as the argument to typeof, then cast the return value of GetService to IVsTextManager, for instance: IVsTextManager mytext_mgr = myPackage.GetService(System.typeof(VsTextManagerClass)) as IVsTextManager;