GroupDescriptor Class

[WCF RIA Services Version 1 Service Pack 2 is compatible with either .NET framework 4 or .NET Framework 4.5, and with either Silverlight 4 or Silverlight 5.]

Describes a grouping criterion.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Windows.DependencyObject
    System.Windows.Controls.GroupDescriptor

Namespace:  System.Windows.Controls
Assembly:  System.Windows.Controls.DomainServices (in System.Windows.Controls.DomainServices.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class GroupDescriptor _
    Inherits DependencyObject

'Usage
Dim instance As GroupDescriptor

public class GroupDescriptor : DependencyObject

public ref class GroupDescriptor : public DependencyObject

type GroupDescriptor =  
    class
        inherit DependencyObject
    end

public class GroupDescriptor extends DependencyObject

The GroupDescriptor type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	GroupDescriptor()	Initializes a new instance of the GroupDescriptor class with default values.
	GroupDescriptor(String)	Initializes a new instance of the GroupDescriptor class with the specified property path.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Dispatcher	(Inherited from DependencyObject.)
	PropertyPath	Gets or sets the public property used to group.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	CheckAccess	(Inherited from DependencyObject.)
	ClearValue	(Inherited from DependencyObject.)
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetAnimationBaseValue	(Inherited from DependencyObject.)
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetValue	(Inherited from DependencyObject.)
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)
	ReadLocalValue	(Inherited from DependencyObject.)
	SetValue	(Inherited from DependencyObject.)
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)

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Fields

	Name	Description
	PropertyPathProperty	Identifies the PropertyPath dependency property.

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Remarks

The DomainDataSource class provides the GroupDescriptors collection to facilitate grouping data by property values. In the GroupDescriptors collection, you add GroupDescriptor instances that define the value to use for grouping. You can add as many GroupDescriptor instances as needed.

If you use GroupDescriptor programmatically, verify that the CanLoad property returns true. Attempting to group when CanLoad returns false, causes the DomainDataSource to throw an invalid operation exception. Grouping initiates a load operation, and load operations are not permitted when CanLoad is false.

Examples

The following example shows how to add a value to use for grouping.

<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">  
    <riaControls:DomainDataSource x:Name="source" QueryName="GetProducts" AutoLoad="true">
        <riaControls:DomainDataSource.DomainContext>
            <domain:ProductDomainContext />
        </riaControls:DomainDataSource.DomainContext>   
        <riaControls:DomainDataSource.GroupDescriptors>
            <riaData:GroupDescriptor PropertyPath="Size" />
        </riaControls:DomainDataSource.GroupDescriptors>
    </riaControls:DomainDataSource>
    <data:DataGrid ItemsSource="{Binding Data, ElementName=source}" />
</Grid>

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

System.Windows.Controls Namespace