MobileServiceCollectionView<T> Class

An asynchronous data source that can wrap the results of a Mobile Services query in a way that's easily consumed by Xaml collection controls like ListView.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.WindowsAzure.MobileServices.MobileServiceCollectionView<T>

Namespace:  Microsoft.WindowsAzure.MobileServices
Assembly:  Microsoft.WindowsAzure.MobileServices.Managed (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.MobileServices.Managed.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class MobileServiceCollectionView(Of T) _
    Implements ICollectionView, IObservableVector(Of Object),  _
    IList(Of Object), ICollection(Of Object), IEnumerable(Of Object),  _
    IList, ICollection, IEnumerable, INotifyPropertyChanged, INotifyCollectionChanged,  _
    ISupportIncrementalLoading, ITotalCountProvider
'Usage
Dim instance As MobileServiceCollectionView(Of T)

public sealed class MobileServiceCollectionView<T> : ICollectionView, 
    IObservableVector<Object>, IList<Object>, ICollection<Object>, 
    IEnumerable<Object>, IList, ICollection, IEnumerable, 
    INotifyPropertyChanged, INotifyCollectionChanged, ISupportIncrementalLoading, ITotalCountProvider

generic<typename T>
public ref class MobileServiceCollectionView sealed : ICollectionView, 
    IObservableVector<Object^>, IList<Object^>, ICollection<Object^>, 
    IEnumerable<Object^>, IList, ICollection, IEnumerable, 
    INotifyPropertyChanged, INotifyCollectionChanged, ISupportIncrementalLoading, ITotalCountProvider

[<SealedAttribute>]
type MobileServiceCollectionView<'T> =  
    class 
        interface ICollectionView 
        interface IObservableVector<Object>
        interface IList<Object>
        interface ICollection<Object>
        interface IEnumerable<Object>
        interface IList 
        interface ICollection 
        interface IEnumerable 
        interface INotifyPropertyChanged 
        interface INotifyCollectionChanged 
        interface ISupportIncrementalLoading 
        interface ITotalCountProvider 
    end

JScript does not support generic types and methods.

Type Parameters

• T
  Data source element type.

The MobileServiceCollectionView<T> type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	CollectionGroups	Gets the collection groups associated with the collection view.
	Count	Gets the number of elements contained in the collection.
	CurrentItem	Gets the current item in the collection view.
	CurrentPosition	Gets the position of the current item within the collection view.
	HasMoreItems	Gets a value indicating whether there are more items that can be loaded incrementally.
	IsCurrentAfterLast	Gets a value indicating whether the current item is after the end of the collection.
	IsCurrentBeforeFirst	Gets a value indicating whether the current item is before the beginning of the collection.
	IsReadOnly	Gets a value indicating whether the collection is read-only.
	Item	Gets or sets the item at the specified index.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Add	Adds an item to the collection.
	Clear	Removes all items from the collection.
	Contains	Determines whether the collection contains a given element.
	CopyTo	Copies the elements of the collection to an array.
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetEnumerator	Get an enumerator for the data source.
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	IndexOf	Determines the index of a specific item in the list.
	Insert	Insert an item into the collection at the specified index.
	LoadMoreItemsAsync	Load more items asynchronously.
	MoveCurrentTo	Sets the first instance of the specified item in our currentoy loaded data as the current item in the collection view.
	MoveCurrentToFirst	Move the current item to the first item in the collection view.
	MoveCurrentToLast	Move the current item to the last item in the collection view.
	MoveCurrentToNext	Move the current item to the next item in the collection view.
	MoveCurrentToPosition	Sets the specified position as the current item in the collection view.
	MoveCurrentToPrevious	Move the current item to the previous item in the collection view.
	Remove	Removes the first occurence of the specified item from the list.
	RemoveAt	Removes the item at the specified index.
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)

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Events

	Name	Description
	CollectionChanged	Occurs when the collection changes.
	CurrentChanged	Occurs after the current item has been changed.
	CurrentChanging	Occurs before the current item is changed.
	PropertyChanged	Occurs when a property value changes.
	VectorChanged	Occurs then the collection changes.

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Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	ICollection<Object>.Add	Adds an item to the collection.
	IList.Add	Adds an item the collection.
	IList.Clear	Removes all the items from the list.
	ICollection<Object>.Contains	Determines whether the collection contains a specific value.
	IList.Contains	Determines whether a list contains a specified value.
	ICollection<Object>.CopyTo	Copies the elements of the collection to an array, starting at a particular array index.
	ICollection.CopyTo	Copy the elements of the collection to an array.
	ICollection.Count	Gets the number of items in the collection.
	IEnumerable<Object>.GetEnumerator	Returns an enumerator that iterates through the collection.
	IEnumerable.GetEnumerator	Enumerate the items in the collection.
	IList<Object>.IndexOf	Determines the index of a specific item in the collection.
	IList.IndexOf	Determines the index of a specified item in the list.
	IList<Object>.Insert	Inserts an item to the collection at the specified index.
	IList.Insert	Insert an item into the collection at the specified index.
	IList.IsFixedSize	Gets a value indicating whether the list has a fixed size.
	IList.IsReadOnly	Gets a value indicating whether the collection is readonly.
	ICollection.IsSynchronized	Gets a value indicating whether the collection is synchronized.
	IList<Object>.Item	Gets or sets the item at the specified index.
	IList.Item	Gets or sets an element at a given index.
	ICollection<Object>.Remove	Removes the first occurrence of a specific object from the collection.
	IList.Remove	Removes the first occurence of the specified item from the list.
	IList.RemoveAt	Removes the item at the specified index.
	ICollection.SyncRoot	Gets an object used to synchronize the collection.
	ITotalCountProvider.TotalCount	Gets the total count for all the records that would have been returned ignoring any take paging/limit clause specified by client or server.

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Remarks

This currently just handles asynchronously loading the data and notifying the controls, but we'd eventually like to support paging, UI virtualization, and a host of other features.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.WindowsAzure.MobileServices Namespace