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# Project

Class in [Yarn.Compiler](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler.md)

Inherits from `System.Object`

## Summary

Yarn Projects represent instructions on where to find Yarn scripts and associated assets, and how they should be compiled.

```csharp
public class Project
```

## Classes

| Name                                                                                                              | Description                                                                                                  |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [LocalizationInfo](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.localizationinfo.md) | Stores the locations of where localized assets and a localized string table for a Yarn Project may be found. |

## Constructors

| Name                                                                                                            | Description                                                                                                |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Project()](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project..ctor-1.md)               | Initializes a new instance of the [Project](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project.md) class. |
| [Project(string,string?)](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project..ctor-2.md) | Initializes a new instance of the [Project](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project.md) class. |

## Fields

| Name                                                                                                                                  | Description                                                                       |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [CurrentProjectFileVersion](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.currentprojectfileversion.md)   | The current version of `.yarnproject` file format.                                |
| [WorkspaceRootPlaceholder](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.workspacerootplaceholder.md)     | A placeholder string that represents the location of the workspace root in paths. |
| [YarnSpinnerProjectVersion2](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.yarnspinnerprojectversion2.md) | A version number representing Yarn Spinner 2.                                     |
| [YarnSpinnerProjectVersion3](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.yarnspinnerprojectversion3.md) | A version number representing Yarn Spinner 3.                                     |

## Methods

| Name                                                                                                                           | Description                                                                                                                           |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [GetJson()](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.getjson.md)                              | Gets a string containing JSON-formatted text that represents this [Project](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project.md) . |
| [IsMatchingPath(string)](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.ismatchingpath.md)          | Gets a value indicating whether `path` is a path that is included in this project.                                                    |
| [IsValidVersionNumber(int)](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.isvalidversionnumber.md) | Gets a value indicating whether `number` is a valid Yarn Spinner version number.                                                      |
| [LoadFromFile(string,string?)](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.loadfromfile.md)      | Loads and parses a [Project](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project.md) from a file on disk.                             |
| [SaveToFile(string)](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.savetofile.md)                  | Saves a [Project](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project.md) as JSON-formatted text to a file on disk.                   |

## Properties

| Name                                                                                                                                      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [AllowLanguagePreviewFeatures](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.allowlanguagepreviewfeatures.md) | Gets or sets a value indicating whether compiler features that are not intended for production use are allowed.                                                                                                                       |
| [BaseLanguage](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.baselanguage.md)                                 | Gets or sets the base language of the project, as an IETF BCP-47 language tag.                                                                                                                                                        |
| [CompilerOptions](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.compileroptions.md)                           | Gets or sets a dictionary containing instructions that control how the Yarn Spinner compiler should compile a project.                                                                                                                |
| [Definitions](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.definitions.md)                                   | Gets or sets the path to a JSON file containing command and function definitions that this project references.                                                                                                                        |
| [DefinitionsFiles](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.definitionsfiles.md)                         | Gets the absolute paths to the project's Definitions files.                                                                                                                                                                           |
| [DefinitionsPath](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.definitionspath.md)                           | Gets the path to the Definitions file, relative to this project's location.                                                                                                                                                           |
| [ExcludeFilePatterns](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.excludefilepatterns.md)                   | Gets or sets the collection of file search patterns that should be excluded from this project.                                                                                                                                        |
| [ExtensionData](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.extensiondata.md)                               | Contains any data parsed from the source file that was not matched to a property on this type.                                                                                                                                        |
| [FileVersion](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.fileversion.md)                                   | Gets or sets the file version of the project.                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| [Localisation](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.localisation.md)                                 | Gets or sets the collection of [LocalizationInfo](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.localizationinfo.md) objects that store information about where localized data for this project is found. |
| [Path](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.path.md)                                                 | Gets the path that the [Project](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project.md) was loaded from.                                                                                                                             |
| [SourceFilePatterns](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.sourcefilepatterns.md)                     | Gets or sets the collection of file search patterns used to locate Yarn files that form this project.                                                                                                                                 |
| [SourceFiles](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.sourcefiles.md)                                   | Gets the collection of Yarn files that should be used to compile the project.                                                                                                                                                         |
| [WorkspaceRootPath](/3.1/api/csharp/yarn.compiler/yarn.compiler.project/yarn.compiler.project.workspacerootpath.md)                       | The location of the root of the workspace in which this project is located.                                                                                                                                                           |
