DesignerDataSourceView Class

Definition

Serves as the base class for design-time data source view classes.

public abstract class DesignerDataSourceView
Inheritance
DesignerDataSourceView
Derived

Examples

The following code example shows how to create a custom DesignerDataSourceView object along with a custom IDataSourceViewSchema class and two custom IDataSourceFieldSchema classes.

This example is part of a larger sample for the DataSourceDesigner class.

// A design-time data source view
public class CustomDesignDataSourceView : DesignerDataSourceView
{
    private ArrayList _data = null;

    public CustomDesignDataSourceView(
        CustomDataSourceDesigner owner, string viewName)
        : base(owner, viewName)
    {}

    // Get data for design-time display
    public override IEnumerable GetDesignTimeData(
        int minimumRows, out bool isSampleData)
    {
        if (_data == null)
        {
            // Create a set of design-time fake data
            _data = new ArrayList();
            for (int i = 1; i <= minimumRows; i++)
            {
                _data.Add(new BookItem("ID_" + i.ToString(),
                    "Design-Time Title 0" + i.ToString()));
            }
        }
        isSampleData = true;
        return _data as IEnumerable;
    }

    public override IDataSourceViewSchema Schema
    {
        get { return new BookListViewSchema(); }
    }

    // Allow getting the record count
    public override bool CanRetrieveTotalRowCount
    {
        get { return true; }
    }
    // Do not allow deletions
    public override bool CanDelete
    {
        get { return false; }
    }
    // Do not allow insertions
    public override bool CanInsert
    {
        get { return false; }
    }
    // Do not allow updates
    public override bool CanUpdate
    {
        get { return false; }
    }
    // Do not allow paging
    public override bool CanPage
    {
        get { return false; }
    }
    // Do not allow sorting
    public override bool CanSort
    {
        get { return false; }
    }
}
// A custom View Schema class
public class BookListViewSchema : IDataSourceViewSchema
{
    public BookListViewSchema()
    { }

    // The name of this View Schema
    public string Name
    {
        get { return "BookList"; }
    }

    // Build a Field Schema array
    public IDataSourceFieldSchema[] GetFields()
    {
        IDataSourceFieldSchema[] fields = new IDataSourceFieldSchema[2];
        fields[0] = new CustomIDFieldSchema();
        fields[1] = new CustomTitleFieldSchema();
        return fields;
    }
    // There are no child views, so return null
    public IDataSourceViewSchema[] GetChildren()
    {
        return null;
    }
}

// A custom Field Schema class for ID
public class CustomIDFieldSchema : IDataSourceFieldSchema
{
    public CustomIDFieldSchema()
    { }

    // Name is ID
    public string Name
    {
        get { return "ID"; }
    }
    // Data type is string
    public Type DataType
    {
        get { return typeof(string); }
    }
    // This is not an Identity field
    public bool Identity
    {
        get { return false; }
    }
    // This field is read only
    public bool IsReadOnly
    {
        get { return true; }
    }
    // This field is unique
    public bool IsUnique
    {
        get { return true; }
    }
    // This field can't be longer than 20
    public int Length
    {
        get { return 20; }
    }
    // This field can't be null
    public bool Nullable
    {
        get { return false; }
    }
    // This is a Primary Key
    public bool PrimaryKey
    {
        get { return true; }
    }

    // These properties do not apply
    public int Precision
    {
        get { return -1; }
    }
    public int Scale
    {
        get { return -1; }
    }
}

// A custom Field Schema class for Title
public class CustomTitleFieldSchema : IDataSourceFieldSchema
{
    public CustomTitleFieldSchema()
    { }

    // Name is Title
    public string Name
    {
        get { return "Title"; }
    }
    // Type is string
    public Type DataType
    {
        get { return typeof(string); }
    }
    // This is not an Identity field
    public bool Identity
    {
        get { return false; }
    }
    // This field is not read only
    public bool IsReadOnly
    {
        get { return false; }
    }
    // This field is not unique
    public bool IsUnique
    {
        get { return false; }
    }
    // This field can't be longer than 100
    public int Length
    {
        get { return 100; }
    }
    // This field can't be null
    public bool Nullable
    {
        get { return false; }
    }
    // This is not the Primary Key
    public bool PrimaryKey
    {
        get { return false; }
    }

    // These properties do not apply
    public int Precision
    {
        get { return -1; }
    }
    public int Scale
    {
        get { return -1; }
    }
}

Notes to Implementers

When you inherit from the DesignerDataSourceView class, you must override the GetDesignTimeData(Int32, Boolean) method either to create sample data that conforms to the Schema property, or to return real data from the data source.

Constructors

DesignerDataSourceView(IDataSourceDesigner, String)

Initializes a new instance of the DesignerDataSourceView class using the specified data source designer and view name.

Properties

CanDelete

Gets a value indicating whether the DataSourceView object that is associated with the current DataSourceControl object supports the ExecuteDelete(IDictionary, IDictionary) method.

CanInsert

Gets a value indicating whether the DataSourceView object that is associated with the current DataSourceControl object supports the ExecuteInsert(IDictionary) method.

CanPage

Gets a value indicating whether the DataSourceView object that is associated with the current DataSourceControl object supports paging through the data that is retrieved by the ExecuteSelect(DataSourceSelectArguments) method.

CanRetrieveTotalRowCount

Gets a value indicating whether the DataSourceView object that is associated with the current DataSourceControl object supports retrieving the total number of data rows instead of the data itself.

CanSort

Gets a value indicating whether the DataSourceView object that is associated with the current DataSourceControl object supports a sorted view on the underlying data source.

CanUpdate

Gets a value indicating whether the DataSourceView object that is associated with the current DataSourceControl object supports the ExecuteUpdate(IDictionary, IDictionary, IDictionary) method.

DataSourceDesigner

Gets a reference to the designer that created this DesignerDataSourceView control.

Name

Gets the name of the view as provided when this instance of the DesignerDataSourceView class was created.

Schema

Gets a schema that describes the data source view that is represented by this view object.

Methods

Equals(Object)

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.

(Inherited from Object)
GetDesignTimeData(Int32, Boolean)

Generates design-time data that matches the schema of the associated data source control using the specified number of rows, indicating whether it is returning sample data or real data.

GetHashCode()

Serves as the default hash function.

(Inherited from Object)
GetType()

Gets the Type of the current instance.

(Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone()

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

(Inherited from Object)
ToString()

Returns a string that represents the current object.

(Inherited from Object)

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 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

See also