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class System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptionProvider

Assembly: System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter

Inheritance: object → TypeDescriptionProvider

Provides supplemental metadata to the <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor" /> .

Properties

public bool?

RequireRegisteredTypes

Gets a value that indicates whether the provider uses reflection and requires types to be registered through <see cref="M:System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.RegisterType``1" /> to support trimmed applications.

Methods

public void

RegisterType()

Registers the type so it can be used by reflection-based providers in trimmed applications.

public object

CreateInstance(IServiceProvider provider, Type objectType, Type[] argTypes, object[] args)

Creates an object that can substitute for another data type.

Returns The substitute <see cref="T:System.Object" /> .

provider An optional service provider.

objectType The type of object to create. This parameter is never <see langword="null" /> .

argTypes An optional array of types that represent the parameter types to be passed to the object's constructor. This array can be <see langword="null" /> or of zero length.

args An optional array of parameter values to pass to the object's constructor.

public Collections.IDictionary

GetCache(object instance)

Gets a per-object cache, accessed as an <see cref="T:System.Collections.IDictionary" /> of key/value pairs.

Returns An <see cref="T:System.Collections.IDictionary" /> if the provided object supports caching; otherwise, <see langword="null" /> .

instance The object for which to get the cache.

public ICustomTypeDescriptor

GetExtendedTypeDescriptor(object instance)

Gets an extended custom type descriptor for the given object.

Returns An <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.ICustomTypeDescriptor" /> that can provide extended metadata for the object.

instance The object for which to get the extended type descriptor.

public ICustomTypeDescriptor

GetExtendedTypeDescriptorFromRegisteredType(object instance)

Returns an extended custom type descriptor for the given object.

Returns An <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.ICustomTypeDescriptor" /> that can provide extended metadata for the object.

instance The object for which to get the extended type descriptor.

public string

GetFullComponentName(object component)

Gets the name of the specified component, or <see langword="null" /> if the component has no name.

Returns The name of the specified component.

component The specified component.

public Type

GetReflectionType(object instance)

Performs normal reflection against the given object.

Returns The type of reflection for this <paramref name="instance" /> .

instance An instance of the type (should not be <see langword="null" /> ).

public Type

GetReflectionType(Type objectType)

Performs normal reflection against a type.

Returns The type of reflection for this <paramref name="objectType" /> .

objectType The type of object for which to retrieve the <see cref="T:System.Reflection.IReflect" /> .

public Type

GetReflectionType(Type objectType, object instance)

Performs normal reflection against the given object with the given type.

Returns The type of reflection for this <paramref name="objectType" /> .

objectType The type of object for which to retrieve the <see cref="T:System.Reflection.IReflect" /> .

instance An instance of the type. Can be <see langword="null" /> .

public Type

GetRuntimeType(Type reflectionType)

Converts a reflection type into a runtime type.

Returns A <see cref="T:System.Type" /> that represents the runtime equivalent of <paramref name="reflectionType" /> .

reflectionType The type to convert to its runtime equivalent.

public ICustomTypeDescriptor

GetTypeDescriptor(object instance)

Gets a custom type descriptor for the given object.