Roslyn API reference documentation

This repository contains documentation for the Roslyn platform and the .NET Compiler Platform SDK. The Roslyn platform contains the compiler and is part of every .NET installation. The Compiler Platform SDK provides tools and templates for programmers working with the Roslyn platform. The .NET Compiler Platform SDK is part of the overall .NET developer documentation. The .NET content team tracks all work for .NET developer documentation on the .NET Docs repository. If you find any issues, or have suggestions on how to improve the .NET Compiler platform SDK documentation, create them on the docs repository. That repository contains the source for conceptual documentation, tutorials and more, including all the documentation on the .NET Compiler Platform SDK.

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The remainder of this file has notes which NuGet packages make up the .NET Compiler SDK metapackage.

NuGet Packages that comprise the Roslyn APIs

The package that you need to install to use Roslyn is Microsoft.CodeAnalysis. This is a meta-package, so there are no DLLs or XML files delivered with it.

The documentation says that this package contains:

• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces (C# Compiler and services)
• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic.Workspaces (VB Compiler and Services)
• Microsoft.CodeAlaysis.Compilers (both compilers)
• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp (C# compiler)
• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic (VB compiler

The package dependencies contain only the first two on that list.

Transitive Dependencies

• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces lists the following dependencies:
  • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp lists the following dependency:
    • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common lists the following dependency:
      • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers: Tools, not SDKs
  • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.Common lists the following dependency:
    • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common lists the following dependency:
      • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers: Tools, not SDKs
• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic.Workspaces lists the following dependencies:
  • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic lists the following dependency:
    • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common lists the following dependency:
      • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers: Tools, not SDKs
  • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.Common lists the following dependency:
    • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common lists the following dependency:
      • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers: Tools, not SDKs
• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Compilers lists the following dependencies:
  • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp lists the following dependency:
    • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common lists the following dependency:
      • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers: Tools, not SDKs
  • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic lists the following dependency:
    • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common lists the following dependency:
      • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers: Tools, not SDKs

XML File locations

The following packages are metapackages and do not have XML files:

• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis
• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Compilers

The following package only contains tools and does not have an APIs:

• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers

The following packages have a single XML file:

• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common (File is Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.xml)
• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp
• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Workspaces
• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic
• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic.Workspaces

One package has multiple XML files, for .NET standard and .NET Framework:

• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.Common The Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.XML file for .NET Standard and Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.Desktop.XML and Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.XML for .NET 4.6