# ResourceDependencyDiscoveryMode

- Kind: `enum`
- Package: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.md)
- Version: `13.3.0`
- Namespace: `Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel`
- Target framework: `net8.0`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/blob/bd20f904cde09ecb9c9ae5116a6f13614bf2d7c2/src/Aspire.Hosting/ApplicationModel/ResourceDependencyDiscoveryMode.cs)

Represents the mode for discovering resource dependencies.

## Definition

```csharp
namespace Aspire.Hosting.ApplicationModel;

public enum ResourceDependencyDiscoveryMode
```

## Enum Members

| Name | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recursive | 0 | Discover the full transitive closure of all dependencies. This includes direct dependencies and all dependencies of those dependencies, recursively. |
| DirectOnly | 1 | Discover only direct dependencies. This includes dependencies from annotations (parent, wait, connection string redirect) and from environment variables and command-line arguments, but does not recurse into the dependencies of those dependencies. |