Microsoft.VisualStudio.Project.ProjectConfig.TrySplitConfigurationCanonicalName C# (CSharp) Method

        internal static bool TrySplitConfigurationCanonicalName(string canonicalName, out string configName, out string platformName)
        {
            configName = String.Empty;
            platformName = String.Empty;

            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(canonicalName))
                return false;

            string[] splittedCanonicalName = canonicalName.Split(new char[] { '|' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

            if (splittedCanonicalName == null || (splittedCanonicalName.Length != 1 && splittedCanonicalName.Length != 2))
                return false;

            configName = splittedCanonicalName[0];

            if (splittedCanonicalName.Length == 2)
                platformName = ToMSBuildPlatform(splittedCanonicalName[1]);

            return true;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Retrives the configuration and the platform using the IVsSolutionBuildManager2 interface.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="serviceProvider">A service provider.</param>
        /// <param name="hierarchy">The hierrachy whose configuration is requested.</param>
        /// <param name="configuration">The name of the active configuration.</param>
        /// <param name="platform">The name of the platform.</param>
        /// <returns>true if successfull.</returns>
        internal static bool TryGetActiveConfigurationAndPlatform(System.IServiceProvider serviceProvider, IVsHierarchy hierarchy, out string configuration, out string platform)
        {
            if (serviceProvider == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("serviceProvider");
            }

            if (hierarchy == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("hierarchy");
            }

            configuration = String.Empty;
            platform      = String.Empty;

            IVsSolutionBuildManager2 solutionBuildManager = serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(SVsSolutionBuildManager)) as IVsSolutionBuildManager2;

            if (solutionBuildManager == null)
            {
                return(false);
            }

            IVsProjectCfg[] activeConfigs = new IVsProjectCfg[1];
            var             res           = solutionBuildManager.FindActiveProjectCfg(IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, hierarchy, activeConfigs);

            if (ErrorHandler.Failed(res))
            {
                return(false);
            }

            IVsProjectCfg activeCfg = activeConfigs[0];

            // Can it be that the activeCfg is null?
            System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert(activeCfg != null, "Cannot find the active configuration");

            string canonicalName;

            ErrorHandler.ThrowOnFailure(activeCfg.get_CanonicalName(out canonicalName));

            return(ProjectConfig.TrySplitConfigurationCanonicalName(canonicalName, out configuration, out platform));
        }