Class TypeDescriptorContext

Provides a basic implementation for the ITypeDescriptorContext interface and can be used together with WindowsFormsEditorService to launch an Editor directly outside a property grid.

Inheritance

System.Object

TypeDescriptorContext

Implements

System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext

System.IServiceProvider

Inherited Members

System.Object.ToString()

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: Syncfusion.ComponentModel

Assembly: Syncfusion.Shared.Base.dll

Syntax

public class TypeDescriptorContext : ITypeDescriptorContext, IServiceProvider

Examples

The grid uses this class to display a collection editor:

public static DialogResult ShowGridBaseStylesMapDialog(object instance, string propertyName)
{
    GridBaseStyleCollectionEditor ce = new GridBaseStyleCollectionEditor(typeof(ArrayList));
WindowsFormsEditorServiceContainer esc = new WindowsFormsEditorServiceContainer(null);
    PropertyDescriptor pd = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(instance)[propertyName];
    TypeDescriptorContext tdc = new TypeDescriptorContext(instance, pd);
    tdc.ServiceProvider = esc;
    object v = ce.EditValue(tdc, esc, ((ICloneable) pd.GetValue(instance)).Clone());
    if (esc.DialogResult == DialogResult.OK)
    {
        pd.SetValue(instance, v);
    }
    return esc.DialogResult;
}

Constructors

TypeDescriptorContext(Object, PropertyDescriptor)

Initializes a TypeDescriptorContext for the given object and PropertyDescriptor.

Declaration

public TypeDescriptorContext(object instance, PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	instance	The instance of the property to be edited.
System.ComponentModel.PropertyDescriptor	propertyDescriptor	A PropertyDescriptor that contains information about the property.

Properties

ServiceProvider

Gets / sets the associated IServiceProvider.

Declaration

public IServiceProvider ServiceProvider { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.IServiceProvider	An IServiceProvider value.

Explicit Interface Implementations

IServiceProvider.GetService(Type)

Declaration

object IServiceProvider.GetService(Type classService)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	classService

Returns

Type	Description
System.Object

Implements

System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext

System.IServiceProvider

Extension Methods

Extension.In<T>(T, T[])

DateTimeExtension.ToDateTime(Object)

See Also

WindowsFormsEditorServiceContainer