IsUsedDifferently Method (ICompareContext)

Returns true if the is a namespace or a type in a third-party assembly (or is a third-party assembly itself) and if some of its children code elements are not used anymore by the newer version of the code base, or are used by the newer version of the code base, but are not used by the older version.

Syntax

bool IsUsedDifferently( 
   ICodeElementParent codeElementParent
)

Parameters

codeElementParent: The ICodeElementParent object. A ICodeElementParent object can be a IAssembly, INamespace or IType object.

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentException	codeElementParent is not NewerCodeBase nor OlderCodeBase not a code element that belong to any of these code base.

Remarks

This method has a constant time complexity.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 and Linux, MacOS with net8.0, net7.0 or net6.0 installed

Reference

ICompareContext Interface
ICompareContext Members
IsUsedDifferently Method