NewItemFactory Class

Represents a factory for creating new items for a collection or for a property value.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Windows.Design.PropertyEditing.NewItemFactory

Namespace:  Microsoft.Windows.Design.PropertyEditing
Assembly:  Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction (in Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class NewItemFactory
public class NewItemFactory
public ref class NewItemFactory
type NewItemFactory =  class end
public class NewItemFactory

The NewItemFactory type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public method NewItemFactory Initializes a new instance of the NewItemFactory class.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method CreateInstance Creates an instance of the specified Type that can be added to the collection editor or sub-property editor.
Public method Equals Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetDisplayName Gets a display name for the specified Type that can be added to the collection editor or sub-property editor.
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetImageStream Gets an image for the specified Type that can be used as an icon in the collection editor or sub-property editor.
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

Third-party control developers can derive from this class to add items to the "Add Item" drop-down box in the collection editor or sub-property editor. Third-party control developers can override the default behavior by specifying names and images to display in the collection editor and the sub-property editor when they create instances of custom controls.

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.Windows.Design.PropertyEditing Namespace

Other Resources

WPF Designer Extensibility