| -api-id | -api-type |
|---|---|
N:Windows.Devices.Enumeration.Pnp |
winrt namespace |
Important
We no longer recommend that you use the types in the Windows.Devices.Enumeration.Pnp namespace. Instead, the types in the Windows.Devices.Enumeration namespace implement a modern, and better maintained, superset of the functionality of Windows.Devices.Enumeration.Pnp.
The alternative to PnpObjectType is the Windows.Devices.Enumeration.DeviceInformationKind enum, which you can pass as a parameter to Windows.Devices.Enumeration APIs. For example, instead of using PnpObjectType when you create a PnpObjectWatcher, use DeviceInformationKind when you create a DeviceWatcher.
Provides classes for enumerating a collection of Pnp device objects, and event handlers for monitoring changes to the objects in the collection asynchronously.
The following are typical uses of the Windows.Devices.Enumeration.Pnp API.
- Building a user interface for selecting the device to be used by an application. For example, a voice chat application may present a list of microphones or webcams for the user to select from, or a photo import application may present a list of removable storage devices for the user to import photos from.
- Device discovery and notifications about devices for apps that use them (see Windows Hardware Dev Center).