Sandcastle Help File Builder Documentation
Build
This is an abstract base class that defines the factory method for build components as well as build
tool interaction methods.
Definition
Namespace: Sandcastle.Core.BuildAssembler.BuildComponent
Assembly: Sandcastle.Core (in Sandcastle.Core.dll) Version: 2025.9.30.0
Assembly: Sandcastle.Core (in Sandcastle.Core.dll) Version: 2025.9.30.0
C#
public abstract class BuildComponentFactoryVB
Public MustInherit Class BuildComponentFactoryC++
public ref class BuildComponentFactory abstractF#
[<AbstractClassAttribute>]
type BuildComponentFactory = class end- Inheritance
- Object BuildComponentFactory
- Derived
Remarks
Build components are non-shared and instances are created as needed
Constructors
| BuildComponentFactory | Constructor |
Properties
| BuildAssembler | This is used to import the build assembler instance that is passed to the build component when it is created. |
| ConceptualBuildPlacement | This is used to get or set a placement action for conceptual content builds |
| DefaultConfiguration | This read-only property can be overridden to define a default configuration for the build component |
| Dependencies | This read-only property can be overridden to provide a list of build components on which this component depends. |
| ReferenceBuildPlacement | This is used to get or set a placement action for reference content builds |
Methods
| Create | This is implemented to provide a build component factory |
| Equals | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object) |
| Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object) |
| GetHashCode | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object) |
| MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object) |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object) |