Assembly (DataType)

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Represents the assembly name in which the managed data type class is defined.

Schema Hierarchy

ManagementPack
  TypeDefinitions
    DataTypes
      DataType
        Implementation (DataType)
          Assembly

Syntax

Xml
<Assembly>Strong-named assembly</Assembly>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent element of the Assembly element.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
Implementation (DataType)	Represents the managed and/or unmanaged type identification of a data type.

Text Value

The Assembly element and its sibling Type (DataType) element are both required when the data type is defined in managed code. If the data type is also defined in unmanaged code, the ClassID (DataType) element must also be provided.

The value of the Assembly element must represent a strong-named fully qualified assembly name. For more information, see Assembly Names.

Remarks

For an example of how the Assembly element is expressed in a management pack, see DataType.

Note
Custom data type creation is not supported.