TFS SDK 2010 – Part 3 - Enumerate the build controllers and agents

In Part 1 I have described how to access the Application Instance of the TFS server. This post describes how you can create access to your build controller and agents:

In order to get access to the work items, add a reference to:

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Build.dll

You can find the dll’s in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\ReferenceAssemblies\v2.0

Then you have to add the following using statements:

using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client;

You can now enumerate the values of a work item with the following code:

// Get the build server
IBuildServer buildServer = tfai.GetTeamFoundationServer(tpc.Id).GetService<IBuildServer>();

// Enumerate the controllers
foreach (IBuildController controller in buildServer.QueryBuildControllers(true))
{
    Console.WriteLine("{0}", controller.Name);

    // Enumerate the agents in the controller
    foreach (IBuildAgent agent in controller.Agents)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("\t{0}", agent.Name);
    }
}

All code examples are based on Beta 2 and are subject to change.