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This interface provides a single method for accessing the type information for an object's coclassentry in its type library.
When to Implement
Implement this interface on any object that can provide type information for its entire class, that is, the coclassentry in the type library.
When to Use
Use this interface to access the coclasstype information for an object.
Methods
The following table shows the methods for this interface in the order that the compiler calls the methods. Like all COM interfaces, this interface inherits the methods for the IUnknowninterface.
| IUnknown method | Description |
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Returns pointers to supported interfaces. |
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Increments reference count. |
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Decrements reference count. |
| IProvideClassInfo method | Description |
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Returns the ITypeInfointerface for the object's coclasstype information. |
Remarks
To determine whether the platform supports this interface, see Determining Supported COM APIs.
Requirements
| Header | ocidl.h, ocidl.idl |
| Library | ole32.lib, uuid.lib |
| Windows Embedded CE | Windows CE 3.0 and later |
| Windows Mobile | Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later |