InputDevice Class

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01/16/2013

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Represents a device for input.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System. . :: . .Object
  Microsoft.SPOT. . :: . .DispatcherObject
    Microsoft.SPOT.Input..::..InputDevice
      Microsoft.SPOT.Input. . :: . .ButtonDevice
      Microsoft.SPOT.Input. . :: . .GenericDevice
      Microsoft.SPOT.Input. . :: . .TouchDevice

Namespace: Microsoft.SPOT.Input
Assembly: Microsoft.SPOT.TinyCore (in Microsoft.SPOT.TinyCore.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class InputDevice _
    Inherits DispatcherObject

public abstract class InputDevice : DispatcherObject

public ref class InputDevice abstract : public DispatcherObject

[<AbstractClass>]
type InputDevice =  
    class
        inherit DispatcherObject
    end

public abstract class InputDevice extends DispatcherObject

The InputDevice type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	InputDevice	Initializes a new instance of the InputDevice class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	DeviceType	Gets the device type.
	Target	When overridden in a derived class, this property gets the display element that receives input from the current input device.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	CheckAccess	Determines whether the calling thread has access to the current DispatcherObject object. (Inherited from DispatcherObject.)
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (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.)
	VerifyAccess	Determines whether the calling thread has access to the current DispatcherObject object. (Inherited from DispatcherObject.)

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Fields

	Name	Description
	Dispatcher	Contains the Dispatcher object that the current DispatcherObject object is associated with. (Inherited from DispatcherObject.)

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Remarks

Each InputDevice object represents a specific input device. For example, if there are two mice (pointing devices), there will be two InputDevice objects — one object for each mouse.

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.

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