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FailureDefinition.CreateFailureDefinition Method

Creates an instance of a FailureDefinition.


Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 26.2.0.0 (26.2.0.0)

Syntax

C#

public static FailureDefinition CreateFailureDefinition(
	FailureDefinitionId id,
	FailureSeverity severity,
	string messageString
)

Parameters

id  FailureDefinitionId
Unique identifier of the failure.
severity  FailureSeverity
The severity of the failure. Cannot be FailureSeverity::None.
messageString  String
A user-visible string describing the failure.

Return Value

FailureDefinition
The created FailureDefinition instance.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentException The id of failure definition is not valid. -or- The id of failure definition is already used to register another FailureDefinition. -or- The severity of failures cannot be FailureSeverity::None. -or- Message string is empty or contains invalid characters.
ArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was null
ArgumentOutOfRangeException A value passed for an enumeration argument is not a member of that enumeration

Remarks

The newly created FailureDefinition will be added to the FailureDefinitionRegistry. Because FailureDefinition could only be registered when Revit starting up, this function cannot be used after Revit has already started. Throws InvalidOperationException if invoked after Revit start-up is completed.

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