OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
IsAbsolute Method (BrowsePathParser)



OpcLabs.BaseLib Assembly > OpcLabs.BaseLib.Navigation.Parsing Namespace > BrowsePathParser Class : IsAbsolute Method
The browse path string to be tested.
Determines whether a given browse path string determines an absolute browse path.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
<PureAttribute()>
Public Function IsAbsolute( _
   ByVal value As String _
) As Boolean
'Usage
 
Dim instance As BrowsePathParser
Dim value As String
Dim value As Boolean
 
value = instance.IsAbsolute(value)
[Pure()]
public bool IsAbsolute( 
   string value
)
[Pure()]
public:
bool IsAbsolute( 
   String^ value
) 

Parameters

value
The browse path string to be tested.

Return Value

true when the given string denotes an absolute browse path; false otherwise.
Exceptions
ExceptionDescription

A null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument.

This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

Remarks
A string denotes an absolute browse path when it starts with a forward slash ('/').
Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows

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