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IComponent Interface

Definition

Provides functionality required by all components.

C#
[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter("System.ComponentModel.ComponentConverter, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089")]
public interface IComponent : IDisposable
C#
public interface IComponent : IDisposable
C#
[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.ComponentModel.ComponentConverter))]
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)]
public interface IComponent : IDisposable
Derived
Attributes
Implements

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to implement the IComponent, ISite, and IContainer interfaces.

C#
/// <summary>
/// The following example demonstrates the implementation of 
/// ISite, IComponent, and IContainer for use in a simple library container.
///
/// This example uses the System, System.ComponentModel, and System.Collections
/// namespaces.
/// </summary>

//This code segment implements the ISite and IComponent interfaces.
//The implementation of the IContainer interface can be seen in the documentation 
//of IContainer.

//Implement the ISite interface.

// The ISBNSite class represents the ISBN name of the book component
class ISBNSite : ISite
{
    private IComponent m_curComponent;
    private IContainer m_curContainer;
    private bool m_bDesignMode;
    private string m_ISBNCmpName;

    public ISBNSite(IContainer actvCntr, IComponent prntCmpnt)
    {
        m_curComponent = prntCmpnt;
        m_curContainer = actvCntr;
        m_bDesignMode = false;
        m_ISBNCmpName = null;
    }

    //Support the ISite interface.
    public virtual IComponent Component
    {
        get
        {
            return m_curComponent;
        }
    }

    public virtual IContainer Container
    {
        get
        {
            return m_curContainer;
        }
    }
    
    public virtual bool DesignMode
    {
        get
        {
            return m_bDesignMode;
        }
    }

    public virtual string Name
    {
        get
        {
            return m_ISBNCmpName;
        }

        set
        {
            m_ISBNCmpName = value;
        }
    }

    //Support the IServiceProvider interface.
    public virtual object GetService(Type serviceType)
    {
        //This example does not use any service object.
        return null;
    }
}

// The BookComponent class represents the book component of the library container.

// This class implements the IComponent interface.

class BookComponent : IComponent
{
    public event EventHandler Disposed;
    private ISite m_curISBNSite;
    private string m_bookTitle;
    private string m_bookAuthor;

    public BookComponent(string Title, string Author)
    {
        m_curISBNSite = null;
        Disposed = null;
        m_bookTitle = Title;
        m_bookAuthor = Author;
    }

    public string Title
    {
        get
        {
            return m_bookTitle;
        }
    }

    public string Author
    {
        get
        {
            return m_bookAuthor;
        }
    }

    public virtual void Dispose()
    {	
        //There is nothing to clean.
        if(Disposed != null)
            Disposed(this,EventArgs.Empty);
    }

    public virtual ISite Site
    {
        get
        {
            return m_curISBNSite;
        }
        set
        {
            m_curISBNSite = value;
        }
    }

    public override bool Equals(object cmp)
    {
        BookComponent cmpObj = (BookComponent)cmp;
        if(this.Title.Equals(cmpObj.Title) && this.Author.Equals(cmpObj.Author))
            return true;

        return false;
    }

    public override int GetHashCode()
    {
        return base.GetHashCode();
    }
}

Remarks

Component is the default implementation of IComponent and serves as the base class for all components in the common language runtime.

You can contain components in a container. In this context, containment refers to logical containment, not visual containment. You can use components and containers in a variety of scenarios, both visual and non visual.

System.Windows.Forms.Control inherits from Component, the default implementation of IComponent.

A component interacts with its container primarily through a container-provided ISite, which is a repository of container-specific per-component information.

Notes to Implementers

To be a component, a class must implement the IComponent interface and provide a basic constructor that requires no parameters or a single parameter of type IContainer.

Properties

Site

Gets or sets the ISite associated with the IComponent.

Methods

Dispose()

Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources.

(Inherited from IDisposable)

Events

Disposed

Represents the method that handles the Disposed event of a component.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1

See also