ide.host.json
IDE template host file
ide.host.json
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Reference
Fields
Generated directly from the schema, following local
$refs, to two levels of nesting.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
name | object | — |
name.textrequired | string | — |
name.package | string | — |
name.id | string | — |
description | object | — |
description.textrequired | string | — |
description.package | string | — |
description.id | string | — |
order | integer | The order of the template as shown in the New Project dialog default: 0 |
icon | string | The relative file name of the icon to show in the New Project dialog |
supportsDocker | boolean | Determines if the checkbox for adding Docker support in the New Project dialog should be visible |
disableHttpsSymbol | string | The symbol in the template.json which when set, would cause the template to generate non-https ports and settings |
defaultSymbolVisibility | boolean | Sets the default isVisible for a symbolInfo if not explicitly specified. Controls if the parameter is displayed in the IDE. Defaults to false if not specified |
defaultPersistenceScope | string | Determines if the user entered values should be persisted for the next template invocation. one of: "none", "templateGroup", "shared" |
defaultPersistenceScopeName | string | The default value for a symbolInfo if not explicitly specified. Specifies the scope name of the persisted template option. To avoid conflicts with other templates, treat this like a namespace. Used starting in Visual Studio 2022 17.3 |
symbolInfo | array | Controls display characteristics of symbols declared in template.json |
tags | array | Modifigy the project and platform tags displayed in the IDE |
unsupportedHosts | array | Unsupported Hosts. This can be used to suppress the template from being displayed in the new project dialog in Visual Studio. |
requiredComponents | array | Required components in order to display this template. |
Audit
What we found in this schema
- Declared draft: draft-07
- Validates cleanly against its own meta-schema.
- Has 1 place(s) where keywords sit beside
$ref. Under draft-07 those keywords are silently ignored by every conforming validator — first at#/definitions/symbolInfo. - 34 properties, 88% carrying a description, max nesting depth 6.
Standards
Specification sections for the keywords in this schema
| Keyword | Document | Section |
|---|---|---|
$id | JSON Schema Core, draft 2020-12 | §8.2.1 — The "$id" Keyword |
$ref | JSON Schema Core, draft 2020-12 | §8.2.3.1 — Direct References with "$ref" |
$schema | JSON Schema Core, draft 2020-12 | §8.1.1 — "$schema" |
const | JSON Schema Validation, draft 2020-12 | §6.1.3 — "const" |
description | JSON Schema Validation, draft 2020-12 | §9.1 — "title" and "description" |
enum | JSON Schema Validation, draft 2020-12 | §6.1.2 — "enum" |
items | JSON Schema Core, draft 2020-12 | §10.3.1.2 — "items" |
pattern | JSON Schema Validation, draft 2020-12 | §6.3.3 — "pattern" |
properties | JSON Schema Core, draft 2020-12 | §10.3.2.1 — "properties" |
required | JSON Schema Validation, draft 2020-12 | §6.5.3 — "required" |
type | JSON Schema Validation, draft 2020-12 | §6.1.1 — "type" |
Documents
- JSON Schema Core, draft 2020-12 — JSON Schema: A Media Type for Describing JSON Documents, A. Wright, H. Andrews, B. Hutton, G. Dennis, Eds., 2022. draft-bhutton-json-schema-01. An expired Internet-Draft with no formal standing in the IETF standards process; it is nonetheless the specification of record for JSON Schema 2020-12, published by json-schema.org.
- JSON Schema Validation, draft 2020-12 — JSON Schema Validation: A Vocabulary for Structural Validation of JSON, A. Wright, H. Andrews, B. Hutton, Eds., 2022.
- RFC 8259 (STD 90) — The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format, T. Bray, Ed., 2017. The format a schema describes.
- RFC 6901 — JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Pointer. Defines the pointer syntax used by $ref fragments and the ~0 / ~1 escapes.
Source
Attribution
This schema comes from SchemaStore, distributed under the Apache License 2.0. Copyright 2015–present Mads Kristensen and contributors. View the original file. The field table and audit on this page are generated by JSONTools.tools; the schema itself is unmodified.