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



OpcLabs.BaseLib Assembly > OpcLabs.BaseLib.Navigation.Parsing Namespace > BrowsePathParser Class : Parse Method
The string containing the browse path to be parsed.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Parses a string containing a browse path, and returns a corresponding browse path object.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
<NotNullAttribute()>
<PureAttribute()>
Public Function Parse( _
   ByVal value As String _
) As BrowsePath
'Usage
 
Dim instance As BrowsePathParser
Dim value As String
Dim value As BrowsePath
 
value = instance.Parse(value)
[NotNull()]
[Pure()]
public BrowsePath Parse( 
   string value
)
[NotNull()]
[Pure()]
public:
BrowsePath^ Parse( 
   String^ value
) 

Parameters

value
The string containing the browse path to be parsed.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Return Value

Returns the browse path object parsed from the input value.

This method never returns null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

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.

The browse path cannot be parsed.
Remarks
If no base path is given, the input browse path must be absolute.

This method is pure, i.e. it does not have observable side effects.

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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